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Essa

Boy

male name with 4 related variants.

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Related names: Eesa, Isa, Issa, Yasu

Vanessa

Girl

Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his 1726 poem Cadenus and Vanessa.

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Odessa

Girl

This name comes from the name of a Ukrainian city that sits on the north coast of the Black Sea, which was named after the ancient Greek city of Ὀδησσός, of uncertain meaning.

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Jessamine

Girl

From a variant spelling of the English word jasmine, used also to refer to flowering plants in the cestrum family.

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Jessalyn

Girl

Combination of Jessie 1 and the popular name suffix lyn.

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Jenessa

Girl

Combination of Jen and the popular name suffix essa.

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