Nessa is a feminine given name
- Irish: Variant of Neasa
- Scottish: From the headland
- English: Short form of Vanessa and other names ending in nessa
- Latin: Lamb
- Greek: Diminutive of Agnes: Poor, pure, or chaste. St. Agnes was a 3rd century Christian martyr whose January 21st feast day is described in Keats' poem 'The Eve of St Agnes'. Agnes was popular until the Reformation, then revived in the 19th century.Pure
Joan Ellis
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