Nessa
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning a form of Vanessa or Agnes; not pure.
Nessa by the numbers
In 2025, 17 babies in England and Wales were named Nessa. In the US, 74 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 82 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Agnes
Like Nessa, each of these traces back to Agnes: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that come from Vanessa
Like Nessa, each of these traces back to Vanessa: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nessa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean purity
Like Nessa, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Nessa
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