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Help[Opinions] Jessica
Mega popular name when I was growing up. WDYT of Jessica? Middle name suggestions? What would you name a brother and sister?
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I love Jessica, and considered it when pregnant a loooong time ago. So she would have been one among many. The name I settled on for a girl was Claire. But then I had a boy, and he was my last child.
Anyway, she would have been Jessica May, called Jessie. The grandma I was close to as a child was Minnie May, and back in the great-grandma generation there was Lillie May, so I wanted to make it a family trend.
Anyway, she would have been Jessica May, called Jessie. The grandma I was close to as a child was Minnie May, and back in the great-grandma generation there was Lillie May, so I wanted to make it a family trend.
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Jessica is kinda plain, but it’s okay I guess. I’d give it a 5/10.
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Dated, annoying, and associated with the "basic white girl" stereotype just like Becky. I’ve never cared for it.
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Not sure if this counts as "basic white girl" but the Jessica I knew had a playground fighting style so pathetic that we named the style of fighting after her; the "Jess Slap". This phrase has become so ingrained into us over the years that we still call it the "Jess Slap" no matter who is doing it, and my current best friend Becky (unrelated to the original Becky of the core friend group in primary school) who has never met Jess, calls it a "Jess Slap" through me so
What I'm saying here is that I have a very specific image for Jessica / Jess / Jessie, and it aint strength or bravery lmao
Think comedy programmes where two women are fighting, but neither one wants to actually get hurt so they stand slightly back and weakly wave their hands in a "slapping" motion at the other. That's a "Jess Slap" or "Jess Slapping" (present tense) / "Jess Slapped" (past tense).
It don't sway me from liking the name though, Jess was more than that even if she'd cower in the bathroom during the battle of Hogwarts.
What I'm saying here is that I have a very specific image for Jessica / Jess / Jessie, and it aint strength or bravery lmao
Think comedy programmes where two women are fighting, but neither one wants to actually get hurt so they stand slightly back and weakly wave their hands in a "slapping" motion at the other. That's a "Jess Slap" or "Jess Slapping" (present tense) / "Jess Slapped" (past tense).
It don't sway me from liking the name though, Jess was more than that even if she'd cower in the bathroom during the battle of Hogwarts.
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My name is Jessica-Kate and I was born in 1990 when Jessica was #1. Jessica is okay but it is always shortened to Jess. I prefer the nickname Jessie but it's too weird to indroduce myself as Jessie when I've been Jess since high school. I think, as a full name, I prefer Jessie or Jessa; they're a bit less common and less formal than Jessica. My middle name is Maree and my brother and sister are named Benjamin and Bianca, if that helps. Other families I know that contain a Jessica:
Jared, Jessica, Jordan (girl)
Byron, Zoe, Emily, Curtis, Liam, Jessica
Jessika and Rebekah
It's funny, I can't count the number of Jessicas I know but I don't know many of their families.
Jared, Jessica, Jordan (girl)
Byron, Zoe, Emily, Curtis, Liam, Jessica
Jessika and Rebekah
It's funny, I can't count the number of Jessicas I know but I don't know many of their families.
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I like Jessica and Rebecca as Very 90s twin names (I just don't like the way those parents have spelled their names lol)
But it does remind me of my own personal connection;
I've known two Jessicas. Both were only children. One was "Jessica" and part of our core friendship group (Rebecca, Jessica, Stephanie and Charlotte) and the other was "Jezzika", a girl I knew briefly through another friend called Shanice. I always thought our core friendship group had very matchy names, but I couldn't pin it at the time (we all met aged 3). Not sure if Jezzica (or Jessica) and Shanice go too well though.
But it does remind me of my own personal connection;
I've known two Jessicas. Both were only children. One was "Jessica" and part of our core friendship group (Rebecca, Jessica, Stephanie and Charlotte) and the other was "Jezzika", a girl I knew briefly through another friend called Shanice. I always thought our core friendship group had very matchy names, but I couldn't pin it at the time (we all met aged 3). Not sure if Jezzica (or Jessica) and Shanice go too well though.
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I never cared for it. Super 80s dated.
It has two things going for it: Shakespeare and the nickname Jessie.
That's about it. I always thought the -ica part was extremely ugly together with the harsh J-beginning. I also dislike Jess.
A Jessica born nowadays would find herself having the same name as 30% of her friends' moms. Not sure if that is so great. I wouldn't love to have been called Carol or Linda (nowadays they almost sound cool again but in the 90s they were super unfashionable).
I love Jessie but as I find it too nickname-ish on its own can dislike Jessica and can't really warm up with Jessamine etc. either I wouldn't use it. Also because there are at least 50 names on my list I like better.
It fits right in with names like Amanda, Stephanie, Matthew, Christopher...Classics that are now 80s dated.
So I immediately want to create sibsets like Jessica, Amanda and Matthew.
It definitely needs a more unusual and classic middle name:
Jessica Calliope
Jessica Persephone
Jessica Louisa
Jessica Camille
Jessica Emmeline
Jessica Rosemary
Jessica Rosalind
Jessica Marigold
I would stay away from typical filler middle names (Jessica Anne, Jessica Rose) and common or dated names (Jessica Lauren, Jessica Michelle). The former make the name even more boring and the latter make it sound like a complete 80s combo.
It has two things going for it: Shakespeare and the nickname Jessie.
That's about it. I always thought the -ica part was extremely ugly together with the harsh J-beginning. I also dislike Jess.
A Jessica born nowadays would find herself having the same name as 30% of her friends' moms. Not sure if that is so great. I wouldn't love to have been called Carol or Linda (nowadays they almost sound cool again but in the 90s they were super unfashionable).
I love Jessie but as I find it too nickname-ish on its own can dislike Jessica and can't really warm up with Jessamine etc. either I wouldn't use it. Also because there are at least 50 names on my list I like better.
It fits right in with names like Amanda, Stephanie, Matthew, Christopher...Classics that are now 80s dated.
So I immediately want to create sibsets like Jessica, Amanda and Matthew.
It definitely needs a more unusual and classic middle name:
Jessica Calliope
Jessica Persephone
Jessica Louisa
Jessica Camille
Jessica Emmeline
Jessica Rosemary
Jessica Rosalind
Jessica Marigold
I would stay away from typical filler middle names (Jessica Anne, Jessica Rose) and common or dated names (Jessica Lauren, Jessica Michelle). The former make the name even more boring and the latter make it sound like a complete 80s combo.
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I know they always get compared so
I felt like adding that I think Jennifer sounds so much better.
I love the Shakespeare connection and the nickname Jessie but the full name of Jennifer is so much prettier than Jessica, in my opinion. But it's super 70s and I hate Jen and Jenny so nothing I'd consider.
I felt like adding that I think Jennifer sounds so much better.
I love the Shakespeare connection and the nickname Jessie but the full name of Jennifer is so much prettier than Jessica, in my opinion. But it's super 70s and I hate Jen and Jenny so nothing I'd consider.
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Love it
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This message was edited 10/28/2020, 11:19 AM
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I love it, but wouldn’t use it because it’s too popular.
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If I was having a baby today, the only thing that would keep me from actually using Jessica for her is the fact I have a good friend named Jessica. (She's nearly 80. Her mother was also named Jessica and so was her great-aunt. The family is of Portuguese descent and according to her, the name was popular there well before it was popular here.)
Jessica, James and Brianna, or Jessica, Andrew and Carly.
Jessica Allison
Jessica Valerie
Jessica Erin
Jessica Robin
Jessica Suzanne
Jessica Opal
Jessica Marguerite.
Jessica, James and Brianna, or Jessica, Andrew and Carly.
Jessica Allison
Jessica Valerie
Jessica Erin
Jessica Robin
Jessica Suzanne
Jessica Opal
Jessica Marguerite.
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