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Ness - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ness

[ 1 syll. nes(s), ne-ss ] The girl name Ness is pronounced as NEHS KEY. Ness is largely used in Scottish and English. Its origin is Old Greek and Latin.

Ness is a Scottish pet form of the name Agnes (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian).

Ness is also an English pet form of the name Vanessa (English and German).

Ness is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not listed within the top 1000. In 2008, out of the family of girl names directly related to Ness, Vanessa (English and German) was the most commonly used.

Baby names that sound like Ness include Naike (Spanish), Ngoc (Vietnamese), Nic (English), Nice (Italian), Nick (English), Nis (Hebrew), Nacia (Polish), Naja (Arabic), Najah (Arabic), Nanci (English), Nancy (English), Naoko (Japanese), Nasya (Hebrew), Necha (Spanish), Necho (Spanish), Neci, Necia (Hungarian), Neisha (English and Indian), Neka, and Nesa (English).

A famous person named Ness is Mysterious Creature, Loch Ness Monster (Nessie), Loch Ness, Scotland.

KEY: Pronunciation for Ness: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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