How many girls do you know called...

Ella or Jessica

I still have quite a substantial 'short-list' but these are 2 of my favourites. I was dismayed to discover that they are both in the top 10 most popular for 2007. So what are the chances that my daughter will be in kinder with 3 other girls named Ella? Are they everywhere?!

I know two Ellas and a Jessica - and I really don't know that many kiddies - so yeah - the chance is quite high that your daughter would be "Ella P". But if you love the name then go with it anyway. I am guessing that you are a Katherine - there were 7 of those in my year 12 class - we all coped!

i work in child care and havent come across any jessicas in the last 2 years. i know a jessica my age. there have been a couple ellas. i have to say annika and ava are really popular there are about 3 annikas, and 4 avas just at the centre i am at.

I know one Jessica and two Ellas

Two Ella's and no Jessica's- and I know a lot of babies!

I agree, Ava is hugely popular atm. So are 'elle' names (Giselle, Estelle, etc)

One of my friends just had a baby & called her Jessica. I haven't heard alot of Jessicas or Ellas around here though.
I say if you love it then take the chance! We had DD's name chosen for 7 years before we had her & after having her heard that it was a popular name all of a sudden. We have only come across one other Brianna (in my mothers group funnily enough, so 5 weeks after she was born I thought they were going to be everywhere!) She is almost 4 now, we'll see when she goes off to school how popular it was but I honestly dont care.... I love the name & it suits her to a T!

I know only one Jessica and she is 17. I know it was a very popular name for girls in the 90's.

I know of about 3 Ellas who are aged under 5. But I know that I commonly hear it being called out in parks and shopping centre's. I think it is quite a popular name where I live.

I think Jessica is a beautiful name. My 17 year old neice gets called Jess, and it sounds really lovely.

Ally

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#3 due in 6 weeks.....

I have to say I havent heard a baby called Jessica for a few years.

Ella is very popular though

I don't actually know any of either!
But then everyone around me is having baby boys.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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..

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.

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!)

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!

I have two cousins who named their daughters Ella.....the girls are about three yrs apart though.

As for Jessica it was always the name I was going to name a duaghter if I had one...but for some reason not anymore...still lurve it though!

xxxx

I know 2 Jessica's- a cousin and a friend from school (both older).
My 9 month old neice is called Ella- and apparently there is another Ella in her mother's group.

I know a fair amount of kidlets and I only know ONE Ella ;) No Jessicas unless you include a friend of mine and my cousin, but noone little.

Funny - I know LOTS of Jessica's, and no Ella's. Guess the trends are a little different in Canada. Both lovely names though! :)

I dont know any Jessicas under the age of 2
But I know 2 Ellas
(I also know a few Ellies)
:)

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

There were three Ellas & two Jessicas in Alexzander's preschool class last year.

Ok, a friend of mine had her baby last night & called her
Ella Rose.
So I do know one.

I know one Ella, she is 5 and two Jessica's, one 23 and one 26

I know a few older Jessicas & 2 little Ellas, but as i always say, a names only popular because its nice. So if you love it i say who cares, go with it anyway :D I love Ava and regardless of its popularity its still top of my list for this time

Goodluck with your choice :D

I know three Jessica's - a 22 year old, 24 year old and an 18 month old.
I know a 12 month old Ella.

4 Ellas. 1 Jessica.