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Meaning of name Nyssa

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Meaning

The name Nyssa has the following meaning:

"Beginning". A fairly common Greek name, the name Nyssa is one of those names that will never go out of fashion. Also believed to be of Latin origin meaning "goal".
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Nyssa is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available popularity statistics for the name Nyssa in the USA, for the past 100 years.
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Pronunciation

The name Nyssa is pronounced as nis-suh

Origins

Nyssa originates from the Greek language.
See other suggested Greek girl baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Nyssa and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Nyssa: Boys - Damond, Demetrius, Erastus, Lysandros, Narcissus, Nicodemus, Girls - Alethea, Althea, Aretha, Delpha, Despina, Hortensia, Katarina, Rilla, Both genders - Alpha, Neo

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Nyssa: Neasa, Neasah, Neassa, Neassah, Nissa, Nissi, Nisy, Nysa, Nysah

Style

We think the name Nyssa should fall under the following style category: Greek.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Nyssa to be: intelligent and strong-willed

In one word, you might describe Nyssa as a(n) "strong-willed" person.

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