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in reply to a message by Jae
A good way to assess that sort of thing is to Google for the name in sites from that country. For example, I searched for:
Gessica site:.it
. . . which gives me all the instances of Gessica in websites from Italian domains. There were 48,900 hits, so I'd say it's a fair bet that Gessica is used in Italy. It's probably a relatively modern (ie 1900s) coinage to parallel the fact that Jessica became so popular in English-speaking countries; but I could be wrong about that.
:-)
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
Gessica site:.it
. . . which gives me all the instances of Gessica in websites from Italian domains. There were 48,900 hits, so I'd say it's a fair bet that Gessica is used in Italy. It's probably a relatively modern (ie 1900s) coinage to parallel the fact that Jessica became so popular in English-speaking countries; but I could be wrong about that.
:-)
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
This message was edited 12/13/2005, 6:51 PM
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