Nessa - name meaning and origin

The girl's name Nessa \n(es)-sa\ is a variant of Agnes (Greek), Nessie and Vanessa (English), and the meaning of Nessa is "pure, holy".

The baby name Nessa sounds like Neysa, Nessy, Nessah, Nessya, Nessia, Nissa and Nyssa. Other similar baby names are Nevsa, Nesta, Dessa, Jessa, Nesha and Tessa.

Nessa is a very rare female first name and is not used as a surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Nessa. Compare Nessa with related baby names.