Nesta
A unisex name of Welsh origin, meaning pure; a form of Nesta or Agnes.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Nesta by the numbers
Nesta was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 1937, making it a 1930s name.
Other names that come from Agnes
Like Nesta, 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.
- Ansonson of Agnes293 in the US (2017)
- Agnespure; chaste; from Greek hagnos79 in England and Wales (2025)
- Inezpure, chaste; Spanish form of Agnes86 in the US (2017)
- Nessaa form of Vanessa or Agnes; not pure17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Inessapure or holy; possibly from Agnes25 in the US (2017)
- Nessiepure or holy; diminutive of Agnes3 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nesta. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean purity
Like Nesta, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Nesta
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