How many girls do you know called...

[Nicole S]

A friend of mine just had a baby girl this afternoon and called her Ella and I work with a girl called Jessica but other than that no one else I have known.

At the end of the day they are both beautiful names and I say go with what you want.

[Santosha]

Thanks everyone! It seems that more of you have come across Ellas (which hubby likes less anyway). We love Jessica as we also like the shortenings Jess and Jessie. Ultimately, as several of you have said, we will go with what we like, and what feels right with bubs.

[*Ang*]

In DD's kindy class last year there were 2 Ella's and one Jessica. I also know of a couple of other Ella's all in the up to 5 year old range.

[Mumma2three]

We have three close family friends all with Ella's (2 of them also have Dylans!). Jessica I know of alot, but have two close friends with Jessica's. xo

[Becky29]

I know 3 Ella's one is 3 the other is 6 and the other is 7 yrs old. Don't know any Jessica's. Oh hang on yes I do she is 17 though.

[MusicMuma]

I know my beautiful ella
Also know of a few others. But it never really bothered me to much, I just love it!!
I dont know any young Jessicas..

[sweetpea678]

I thought i would let you know, in my daughters kindy class and the other class there is a total of 5 ella's and 3 jessicas. My niece has 4 ellas in her yr 1 class. Ella is realy popular at the moment.

[luna moth]

AT my current day care (SW Bris) 3 Jessicas; 2 staff, 1 [adorable!] child. No Ellas
At last day care (Inner East Melb) 1 Jessica, 1 Ella
At the one before that (Inner South Melb) 1 Jessica, 4 Ellas.

So, even though the stats say they're super-common, I actually think you're pretty safe with either.

At one place that had 2 Ellas, they were referred to as Ella-Grace and Ella-Rose, their middle names, rather than "Ella A" and "Ella B" (which I HATE!)

[~Trish~]

I know two Ella's under the age of 5 and one Jessica . I definitely see the name Ella around more than I do Jessica, though I do love the name Ella!

[Mumtobe123]

In the last child care centre I worked in there was 1 Ella and one Jessica. Jessica is a lovely name.