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Nessie

"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"

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Western numerology
8
Indian numerology
4
Characters
6
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Nessie is a baby name with Greek 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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