ANESA.  A variant form of Latin Agnes, Greek Hagnès, meaning "chaste, sacred, pure."  Compare with Anisia.  Also see Annis and Annys. 

... George Coundouriotes, the primate of Hydra, then at Athens, strictly enjoined his daughters not to leave their island, as their example might have been followed, which could not fail to discourage the people.  Anesa, or Neso, as she is commonly called, his second daughter, is considered the most beautiful woman in Greece... (Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, v.43, 1838).