Nyssa (name)

Nyssa (name)

Nyssa is a feminine name. It has many meanings, including "goal" or "beginning" (in Greek), "sign" (Nissa, in Hebrew), "friendly elf or fairy" (Nissa in Scandinavian), "woman" (in Arabic) and "end" (in Latin).

It is also the genus name of the tree Nyssa sylvatica.

Several fictional characters bear this name, such as:

For people named Nyssa, see Nyssa or Nysa and Neisse (disambiguation).


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