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[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

My name is Jessica and my SO's is Alessandro.
I started wondering about names that also contain -ess-.
So far, I've come up with Vanessa, which I don't like too much, and Cress, which I really like but I think is only used as a nickname for Crescent.

Any other ideas? :)

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[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Bess (admittedly, generally a nickname)
Essie (again, I know, a nickname)
Tessa (ooh, I like)

That's...all I got, at the moment.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

argh, Tessa is really cute, but it's already the name of a girl in my family, and also derived from Teresa, which is the name of one of his exes :(

I like Bess, because I like Elizabeth!
What is Essie a nickname for?

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Esther. I looked it up to see if there was anything else it would work for and it suggested Estelle (ugh), but, by association, Estella (yay) would work, too, I suppose.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

thanks very much for your input! :)

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

My daughter's name is Cressa, which is a variant of Cressida.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I've always been kinda fond of Odessa...but it's a placename, too ;)

[satunian.livejournal.com]

there's Cressida, from Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.

[sevensevenfour.livejournal.com]

I'm waiting around doing nothing at the moment, so I went through every page of babynames.com and searched for "ess." Here's the entire list I came up with.

Alessa
Alessandro
Altessa
Bess
Bessie
Burgess
Caressa
Caresse
Chess
Chessa
Dessa
Essence
Essery
Essien
Hessa
Janessa
Jenessa
Jess
Jessamine
Jesse
Jessen
Jessenia
Jessica
Jessie
Messiah
Messina
Nessa
Odessa
Princess
Quintessa
Tanessa
Teness
Tennessee
Tess
Tessa
Tessica
Thessaly
Tress
Tristessa
Vanessa
Yessica

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

that's nice! I've never come across Cressida, what does it mean? :)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

that was so nice of you, thank you :D
I was looking for that kind of search engine, but I couldn't find it :P

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

aww I didn't know that one!
Let me google it up :P

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

It's Greek meaning the golden one.

[sevensevenfour.livejournal.com]

I am that search engine. Haha. You're welcome!

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

Here's searches I did for 'es' then 'ess' in a name:

http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?nmd=n&terms=*es*&submit=Go
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?nmd=n&terms=*ess*&submit=Go

Here are few that stood out when browsing:
Esme
Esperanza
Essence
Esther
Kestrel
Nessa
Odessa
Shpressa
Yessenia

Lesley/Leslie

Hesekiel
Moses
Rees/Reese
Sebestyen
Sesto
Taliesin
Vester
Weston/Westley

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Tessa is NOT derived from Teresa. Arhghgh. Sorry. Pet peeve.

Also... cress is a plant. :o/

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

Tessa and Vanessa are my favourites.

[trtlstars.livejournal.com]

I love your name...it is mine too! :)

[missbailey.livejournal.com]

Tessa, Janessa, Claressa, Kess, Nessie, Wessley

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

It's also the name of an old Toyota model.

[intothesea.livejournal.com]

I know a Kressa (however I prefer Cressa) and I used to envy her name. I think it's beautiful.