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Origin of the name NESSA.
Etymology of the
name NESSA.
Meaning of the baby name NESSA.
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f. A Scottish form of Agnes
(q.v.),
meaning "chaste, sacred, pure." (Girls' Christian Names,
Swan, 1905). Probably really the same as the Irish. See Naos,
and Naoise.
NESSA.
f. English. A short form of Vanessa
(q.v.), meaning "the Apparent-one." Cf. Nessie.
Vanessa Shanessa "Nessa" Jenkins, a fictional
character in the BBC comedy-drama Gavin & Stacey.
NESSA.
Unisex. Irish. Probably "a nymph," from Old Irish nas
"wet," cognate with German nass, "wet," and Greek νοτερός "wet, damp, moist." (Fled Bricrend: the Feast of
Bricriu, Henderson, 1899).
f. Nessa Maria Vereker Childers, an Irish Labour Party
politician. (Wiki)
m. Nessa, the father of Conor, king of
Ireland, who flourished before the Christian era. (Memorials of
Argyleshire, Brown, 1889).
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