Nyssa

Where Nyssa comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Nyssa.

  • Vowel-ended
Nyssa through the years
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #6,362 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2003
    Peak, #1,720
    110 babies named Nyssa, the most in any year.
  3. 2007
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,601.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

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