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Nessa
"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 centuryPure; headland"
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- Girl
- Western numerology
- 4
- Indian numerology
- 8
- Characters
- 5
- Popular
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Nessa is a baby name with Greek, Old Norse context. Parents can review its meaning, origin, numerology, sibling ideas, and similar names before adding it to a shortlist. The recorded meaning is 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....
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