Jessica vs Nicola - What's the difference?
jessica | nicola |
; formerly rare, but since the 1970s popular in all English-speaking countries .
* 1594 William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice: Act V: Scene I:
* 1996 , The Writer's Child , The Sandman Book of Dreams, HarperCollins, ISBN 0002246325, page 154:
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* 1936 Jerrard Tickell: See How They Run . W. Heinemann 1936. page 10:
* 2002 Meg Cabot: Nicola and the Viscount . HarperCollins 2002. ISBN 006075320X page 244:
As proper nouns the difference between jessica and nicola
is that jessica is ; formerly rare, but since the 1970s popular in all english-speaking countries while nicola is .jessica
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- 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.
- 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.
nicola
English
Alternative forms
* NicholaProper noun
(en proper noun)- "Come in with me, if you like. You can help me to find the child." She fumbled in her bag and found a slip of paper. "Her name is Nicola Anna Magdalene Elisabeth Stephanie Lenke." Peter laughed. "She ought to be easy to find with that lot. What do they call her for short?"
- He had never called her by her full name so many times in a row. Usually it was Nicky, or sometimes Nick. But never Nicola . Her full name sounded very ominous coming now from Nathaniel Sheridan's lips.
