Name sense check

[ThelastRolo20]

I'm having another girl this coming January and we're fairly set on a name, just want to sense check it as it always feels like such a big choice!

Her elder sister is called Georgina (Georgie) and we're fairly sure on the name Jessica but wondered if it's a bit dated (given popularity in the 90's/ 00's) or whether it's considered a classic and would work okay! Middle name will be Bridget.

Thanks!

I know of a little girl called Jessica (2 years old) and I have never thought it was dated, just a standard name

Lovely name.

Georgie and Jessica, or Georgie and Jessie (which I adore)

Lovely name, don’t see it as dated.

Thanks everyone 🙂

Lovely name,I don't think it's dated. Holy grail of names IMO - well known, one spelling, nice shortenings, likely to be the only one in her class (never a guarantee of course).

Thank you - that's what we thought too x

Two beautiful names! Also Georgie and Jessie sound lovely as Nick names together x

Both gorgeous names that are fantastic for kids and work for adults as well.
Not dated at all just gorgeous

It’s lovely - I think more popular a few decades ago but, to me, it seems classic enough to not feel dated or tied to a a certain era

It's a lovely name.
Love Georgina, too.

I find Jessica pretty dated to be honest. It was a top three name back in the 90s and while it’s still in the top 100 now, the top 100 names are much less popular than they were in the 1990s so there are far fewer little Jessicas today than thirty years ago. Anecdotally I went to school with so many Jessicas and I don’t know know anyone who is calling their children Jessica and so it feels dull and dated to me. Classic names also date. Susan is a classic name but still dated. Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use it, or it’s a bad name (and I consider names dating is that it’s not bad thing, just a thing) but I would consider it dated.

@toastofthetown thanks! Good to get a range of views 🙂

I love the name Jessica. I knew Jessica’s in school and uni and they were always gorgeous and outgoing and fun. Definitely a ‘cool’ name to me!

Jessica is lovely, a Shakespearean classic. I love Georgina too.

It's a classic, timeless name. I know two Jessicas under ten. It goes nicely with Georgina too.

I consider Jessica to be a very common but not a classic name, unlike many other Shakespearean names.IMO it is a name like Tracey, Debbie, Donna, etc.

Interesting! I wouldn't have put them in the same bracket at all 😂

It’s dated for me. I’d class it with Chloe and Kyle — those kinds of 90s names.

A range of views! But predominantly it seems well liked and goes well with Georgie so I'm feeling pretty happy 🙂

It's a solid name and I wouldn't say it was dated. It's 69th in the charts at the moment.

I personally wouldn't choose it as a sister for a Georgina (as I'm not a fan of siblings having the same sound at the start of their names) but if you don't mind that they sound a little similar then I see no other problems with it :)

I associate it with Shakespeare and see it as classic. It was very popular at one stage but I haven't seen a little one for ages. It goes very well with your daughter's name.

Thank you! X

Lovely name! I’d call it a modern classic rather than dated - I think it’s one of those names that may have peaked in the 00’s but will stay popular at a lower level long term 😊

Really lovely.

Lovely name. Definitely not similar to Tracey etc!