Name change , Help!

[shazzy123]

Hi, we called our daughter Jessica but everyone calls her Jess which isn't really sitting right with us. Even the doctor said so what can I do for Jess so we're thinking as she gets older it will be Jess not Jessica.

We're considering changing her name because of this , looking at Bella or Isabella ( shorten to Izzy or Bella) with Rose or Joy as a middle name (Currently Jessica Joy)

Also looked at Dahlia, Caitlin and Olivia

Her brothers names Harvey, opinions please really not sure what to do here

If she's 11 months now then you haven't got long to change it officially. She should be recognising her name by now, although you said you call her something else.

As others have said, call her Jessica and tell other people it's Jessica not Jess. You'll have to stand up for her in all sorts of ways as she grows up so may as well start with her name. Just a polite but firm 'she's called Jessica, please' gets the message across. On repeat.
We had this with DS and people soon adapt if you ask them to.

Jessica is a lovely name!

For what it’s worth I prefer Jessica much more than your other options.

What do you think of Jesse/Jessie as an alternative nickname (not that she has to have a nickname)

Jessica is a lovely name. I’ve got a friend Jessica who’s name is never shortened but yeh sorry you’re having all this trouble

You"d need to correct Dahlia too. I'd pronounce it Day-Lee-a without correction

I find people who constantly correct obvious nicknames really petty

I find people who try and change someone’s given name to whatever they can be bothered to say rude, presumptuous and lazy. How petty to be want to be called by your actual name.

Surely when you were thinking of names you must have realised that Jessica would inevitably get shortened to Jess? And if you knew you weren't going to like that, you shouldn't have picked it. Nicknames and shortenings are an important thing to consider when choosing names.

I could be wrong, but I believe you can change the name up until the age of 12 months. So if you want to do so then you'll have to do it pretty soon.

I know a friend named Jessica and she always gets called Jess, Jessy/Jessie no matter how many times she corrects people. She's 29 now.

I feel you on this though, I absolutely adore the name Victoria but I cannot stand the nickname Vicky and there's no way I would put my child through a lifetime of correcting people. Same for goes James getting turned into Jim occasionally

Jessica is a nice name. I don’t think it is obvious that people would shorten a name. I think that’s a rude thing to do.

Love Jessica and jess .. Bella is lovely but there's is so many .. Not so many Jessica's any more , if you don't like it change it but it's a bit 😕when she's already 11 months .. X

Darling I would just correct people - they will soon understand!

Say, it's Jessica, smile and they will tow the line.

I didn't mind Jessie/Jessica but everyone calls her Jess and my partners mum corrects people when she takes her out but it just seems like it's something we would have to do a lot and she may have to do a lot herself at secondary school too if she's not keen either.

I really want to avoid changing it but at the same time she's 11 months , I don't know about all of you but I can't remember anything before the age of 4 so not overly worried about it, it's more what people will think and she will know when she's older that it was changed.

Not an easy decision at all , keep correcting people forever which she may do aswell or change it.

I dont mind Izzy, Bella or Isabella , sh

Jessica will definitely be shortened to Jess. I love Isabella! And both Izzy and Bella are nice, but I prefer Bella.

Just don't know if it would be hard for us to call her something different. Also didn't think Jessica was popular but turns out in my area we have lots of Jessica's.

The only other thing we thought of is doing Jessica Bella Joy or Jessica Isabella Joy so she could use a middle name if she wanted to.

Sorry she knocked the post sign so it sent the message above while I was still typing

How about Jecca as a short name for Jessica?

Personally I think you’ve left it rather late but you have asked for opinions!
Who is calling her Jess? You said the dr did. Meh - just a random person who will only see her occasionally.
If it’s family and friends then you don’t need to keep saying it - once firmly enough should do it.

@Shazzy1234 ive sent you pm

Keep correcting people, tell them it’s Jessica not Jess. I have DC with longer names and people never shorten them because I don’t.

We've been in and out of hospital with her the last year it's been horrendous so we hadn't had a chance to go out and about until she had her op , if we had it would of been spoken about sooner but at the time we were just worried about her . The doctor called her Jess, childminders I work with do, friends do, I always get texts saying how's Jess , family members do it to wind us up on my partners side which is just annoying, thinking of doing Jessica Isabella/Bella Rose or Isabella Jessica Rose

There’s other issues going on if people are calling her Jess just to annoy you. Jessica is so much nicer than Jess. You suggested Joy earlier. Joy can’t be changed.

Joy was my nans name so put that as a middle name and my grandads names my sons middle name but yes true , can't really shorten it