Nessie

Where Nessie comes from

Suffixed with -ie, compare Neddie and Nellie, respectively from Edward and Eleanor
— Wiktionary's entry for Nessie
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1902
    Debut at its peak, #1,793
    #1,793 among girls with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1903
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Agnes.
Namesakes

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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.