Jessica vs Rebecca - What's the difference?
jessica | rebecca |
; 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:
, in regular use since the Reformation.
* :
* 1809 , Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name :
* 1949 , Sexus , Grove Press 1965, ISBN 0802151809, page 312:
* 1997 Robert T. Tauber, Self-fulfilling Prophecy , Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0275955028, page 61:
As proper nouns the difference between jessica and rebecca
is that jessica is {{given name|female|from=Hebrew|}}; formerly rare, but since the 1970s popular in all English-speaking countries while Rebecca is {{given name|female|from=Hebrew|}}, in regular use since the Reformation.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.
rebecca
English
Alternative forms
* Rebekah * RebekkaProper noun
(s)- And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
- They would say, if 'twas Rebecca ,
- That she is a little Quaker.
- "What's her name?" I asked. "Rebecca. Rebecca' Valentine." The name '''Rebecca''' excited me. I had always wanted to meet a woman called '''Rebecca''' - and not Becky. ( ' Rebecca , Ruth, Roxane, Rosalind, Frederika, Ursula, Sheila, Norma, Guinevere, Leonora, Sabina, Malvina, Solange, Deirdre. What wonderful names women had! Like flowers, stars, constellations...)
- Our daughter's name, Rebecca', summons up similar visions. Although our family is not Jewish, both names (David and ' Rebecca ) have a Hebrew ancestry which, in the eyes of many beholders ( i.e. teachers ) invokes a vision of a family that values education.
