Does Nessa make you think gavin and stacey?

[fishandlilacs]

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[Kayano]

Yes

[bibbitybobbityhat]

Yes.

[greengirl87]

yes but in a good way!
Tidy!

[ChippingIn]

No - but I'd assume is was Vanessa shortened.

[madhattershouse]

I love Nessa..but it's the Gavin and Stacey connotations that make me love it. Sorry

[fishandlilacs]

We agreed ages ago it has to be cornish this time round, he's scottish and DD1 got a scottish name, I'm cornish and this one has to have a cornish name.

It's one of the few cornish female names DH will agree to. It means second.

The other is Kerra.

I like Elestren but he's having none of it.

[MmeLindor.]

No, never watched Gavin and Stacey.

I know a Nessa, never knew it was a Cornish name. Very pretty. Kerra is nice too.

[madhattershouse]

Oooh. I think Elestren sounds lovely, different but not in a "way out there" kind of way. Try to persuade other half!!

[elphabadefiesgravity]

No, it makes me thing Nessarose from Wicked.

I would assume that Nessa is short for Vanessa.

[GeeinItLaldy]

I won't lie to you, it does.

[FairyArmadillo]

No. But I don't watch it. It makes me think of Vanessa or Nesta (my friend's daughter, Welsh name).

[brodanbell]

I know a Vanessa who shortens her name to Nessa.

Elestren, dare I say it, has a ring of Canesten about it. Sorry!

[Imnotdarrellrivers]

Nope - but then I knew a lot of Nessas before G&S. Who are all Vanessa's

[bubblesincoffee]

Sorry, it makes me think of Gavin and Stacey as well. Or the Family Ness, the cartoon based in Loch Ness with all the Nessies. But I don't think you should worry about that, as G&S isn't going to be a huge thing throughout your dd's life.

Kerra is lovely though.

[GlaikitFizzog]

Another who thought nessarose from wicked! It's lovely though! I like Kerra too!

[madeupme]

Never heard of Kerra before. It is lovely and unusual. Use that, if you dont if I ever have another girl, I will!

[mathanxiety]

Elestren sounds like a replacement hormone to me.

I knew a good few Nessas and Neasas in school and college in Ireland. Popular name there. I would actually consider it an Irish name.

[Thepoweroforangeknickers]

I know a beautiful girl called Vanessa and her family shorten her name to Ness. I just CAN'T say it. It's horrid.

[ProfYaffle]

Nessa does make me think of Gavin and Stacey but it won't last. We've got a Willow and at the time everyone rambled on about Buffy (we weren't Buffy fans btw) but it's just not on anyone's radar now.

[ProfYaffle]

I like both Nessa and Kerra btw!

[ripstheirthroatoutliveupstairs]

Oh! Yes it does. We have a friend called Vanessa, her name is either Ness or Nessa which is sad.

[SheCutOffTheirTails]

No, it reminds me of my beautiful, clever, funny friend Nessa.

It's an Irish name, I had no idea it was Cornish too. Or that people used it as a shortening of Vanessa.

I love it, but have never seen Gavin and Stacey, so don't get the association.

Kerra is nice too, but a bit "Kerry gone wrong".

[cjbk1]

Yes

[Cereal]

I don't watch Gavin and Stacey, but Nessa does remind me of Nessie (Loch Ness Monster!)

[HengshanRoad]

Makes me think of the Loch Ness monster.