Andy vs Jessica - What's the difference?

andy | jessica |


As a noun andy

is android.

As a proper noun jessica is

; formerly rare, but since the 1970s popular in all english-speaking countries.

andy

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given name Andrew.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Andrea.

    • See also

    * Drew English diminutives of female given names English diminutives of male given names ----

    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 .