Nessa

Where Nessa comes from

The dictionaries list Nessa as a given name — a female given name, nickname of Vanessa — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1935
    First appearance
    #4,204 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2016
    Peak, #2,287
    83 babies named Nessa — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, nickname of Vanessa.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Nessa hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.