Jessica/Jessie

If you are going to call her Jessie from birth, put Jessie on her birth certificate in my opinion. My DD is Eleanor but known as Ellie from birth and we wanted to give her the longer name so she had a choice when older. She’s now 17 and absolutely hates the name Eleanor and wishes we had just put Ellie on her birth certificate as everything official eg Drs, passport, driving licence etc has Eleanor on it which she hates! That being said Jessica and Jessie are both nice names.

Jessica isn't 'stuffy'! . As for 'the sick noise in the middle', well you can make a lot of bits of names sound like something else negative, if you are determined enough...

Re Shakespeare: there was a Jessica in The Merchant of Venice, I wasn't aware of a Jessie in any of the plays?

Nothing wrong with Jessie though, it's just Jessica gives more options.

We have a Jessie - named at the time every other child was a Jessica. I also didn’t like the SICK noise in the middle of the name. It has a good Scottish heritage at its heart (as a proper standalone name) and has nods to Shakespeare, as well as being a bit less stuffy than Jessica. She can still shorten it to Jess if she wants to.

She does occasionally get called Jessica, which she hates, but no biggie to correct it.

It’s my name and glad I was given the full name as I’ve never felt like a Jess or Jessie. With the full name DD will have a choice as she gets older. I think it’s a timeless name that can be adapted to suit different personalities. I also know a Jessica who goes by Cesca.

We have a Jessie who has just turned 18, registered as Jessie as we preferred it to Jessica.
Never had any issues with people referring to her as Jessica, some of her close friends call her Jess but in my opinion go with the name you wish people to call her.

In my (yes bias) opinion it’s a lovely name that never really dates x

Definitely Jessica, then nickname her at your will

Yes, Jessica or Jessamine

Just jumping in to say I have a baby Jessica and it's nice having the options! We alternate between Jessica/ Jessie/ Jess ❤️ great name choice 😉

Jessica nn Jessie

Jessica is very elegant and Jessie v sparky, so she can choose her vibe

It will be annoying for her if her sister has Isobel/Izzy/Bella options and she doesn’t.

I have a 1 year old Jessica. I had the same dilemma as you. Now I'm sooo glad I chose the full version. I use all of the names Jessica, Jessie and most often Jess. I like that she has the choice when she's older.

There's even a Gaelic version!

Jessie is a lovely name.

I don’t like Jessica, all I hear is the the word Sick in the middle

A member of my extended family is Jessalyn, which is nice.

I’d agree x

I always thought Jessie was quite popular in Scotland.

Jessie is a "proper" name in its own right. Not sure it came about only as a shortened form of Jessica.

Even if it did, nobody bats an eye at boys called Harry or Alfie who aren't actually officially Harolds or Alfreds 🤷‍♀️

Jessica is very 80s-sounding to me.

Sorry, this was meant to be in response to @Hortus

I’d go with Jessica, or maybe jessamine. To me Jessie is a short version not a full name.

my child has a name on their birth certificate we almost never call them, they’re always known by the shortened version. People are often surprised to hear it’s short for something! (But it’s a very unusual name - I think most people would assume Jessie was Jessica really.)

I love the name Jessica. Jessie is a nice nickname but definitely use Jessica on the BC. Your eldest is only 2 you say, so plenty of time for her to still be Issy yet. Nicknames often fall in to usage as they get older.

Jessie is more limiting and infantile. Jessica nn Jessie is lovely.

Jessica

It has a slightly different feel and it gives her both options, which is what your elder daughter has

I would call her Jessica, it's a proper name, Jessie isn't. Jesse is a male name, Jessie is a made up female name. It also sounds as if it's trying to be cutesy.
I have a Jessica who is in her 30s, she decided at age 8 she wanted to be referred to as Jess, it wouldn't have been my choice but of course I agreed and we have called her Jess since then.
At school there were 5 Jessicas in her year, every single one called themselves Jess. I've met several adult Jessicas who call themselves Jess. Not one has shortened their name to Jessie.
So even if you went with Jessie most people would think her name was Jessica, and it would probably be shortened to Jess anyway.

Jessica Anne sounds like Jessica Ran 😊 accent depending… bear in mind with whatever your surname is. Lovely name though

I would go with Jessica . It gives her options later.

Please go with Jessica rather than Jessie for the birth certificate.

You can always shorten it but it gives her choices when she is older.