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Jessica vs Alexis - What's the difference?

jessica | alexis |

As proper nouns the difference between jessica and alexis

is that jessica is ; formerly rare, but since the 1970s popular in all english-speaking countries while alexis is .

jessica

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • ; formerly rare, but since the 1970s popular in all English-speaking countries .
  • * 1594 William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice: Act V: Scene I:
    • Lorenzo : In such a night / Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew, / And with an unthrift love did run from Venice, / As far as Belmont.
    Jessica : In such a night / Did young Lorenzo swear he lov'd her well, / Stealing her soul with many vows of faith, / And ne'er a true one.
    Lorenzo : In such a night / Did pretty Jessica , like a little shrew, / Slander her love, and he forgave it her.
  • * 1996 , The Writer's Child , The Sandman Book of Dreams, HarperCollins, ISBN 0002246325, page 154:
    • She will be beautiful, of course - how could our child not be beautiful? We will name her...Jessica . Yes, that's a good name, not one of those lighter-than-air names so popular among writers of romances and fairy tales. That's a name a real little girl might have.

    Related terms

    * (diminutives) Jess, Jessie Jes .

    alexis

    English

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Alexis) (es)
  • .
  • * 1877 , Act I:
    • To the maid of his choice, / With a heart palpitating, / Comes Alexis the brave.
  • , transferred from the male name and used since the 1940s.
  • * 1990 , , Vespers , Mandarin (1991), ISBN 0749305967, page 120:
    • He wondered how parents who had named their daughter Alexis could possibly have known she'd turn out to be such a beauty.
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