Meaning and Origin of the Name Nessa

Nessa is a beautiful name that may lend itself to a creative person. The origin of Nessa is Greece. Although, you can find the name Nessa among Scottish, Irish, and Russian people of the past.

The meaning of Nessa from the Greek point of view is “chaste” or more accurately “pure”. Nessa is a rather easy name to pronounce. Nessa is simply “Neh” the pronunciation of e like in the word desk. Then “ssa” as in Vanessa.

Popularity

The popularity of Nessa is not widespread right now. Nessa has not been in the top 100 of the most popular baby names in the last several years.

Famous People Called Nessa

There have been several famous people with the name Nessa. Ness Diab is a modern American radio personality. Nessa Carey is a writer from England. She has written books like the “Epigenetics Revolution”.

Nessa is usually a female name. Nessa has also been the name of many fictional characters including one of J.R. Tolkien’s fictional characters. She was the wife of Tulkas. She was referred to as “the dancer” or “the swift”. And in the popular comedy series “Gavin and Stacy”, Stacy’s best friend was called Nessa Jenkins played by Ruth Jones.

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