Entry № 7364 · Greek origin

Nesaea Nesaea — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ neh-SEE-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Sea nymph of the isles"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "sea nymph of the isles".

Nesaea was a Nereid linked to the islands, her name from the Greek nesos, an island.

It carries the calm of a sheltered bay among the isles.

Sea nymph of the isles — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Nesaea
Transliteration
Nesaea
Pronunciation
/ neˈse.a /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nesaea stands.

Nesaea does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Nesaeas before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Nesaea.

The number behind Nesaea.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nesaea reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.