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Does Nessa make you think gavin and stacey?

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fishandlilacs · 28/08/2011 21:58

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Kayano · 28/08/2011 21:58

Yes

bibbitybobbityhat · 28/08/2011 21:59

Yes.

greengirl87 · 28/08/2011 21:59

yes but in a good way!
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ChippingIn · 28/08/2011 22:00

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

madhattershouse · 28/08/2011 22:00

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

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fishandlilacs · 28/08/2011 22:09

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.

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MmeLindor. · 28/08/2011 22:11

No, never watched Gavin and Stacey.

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

madhattershouse · 28/08/2011 22:13

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

elphabadefiesgravity · 28/08/2011 22:16

No, it makes me thing Nessarose from Wicked.

I would assume that Nessa is short for Vanessa.

GeeinItLaldy · 28/08/2011 22:21

I won't lie to you, it does.

FairyArmadillo · 28/08/2011 22:36

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

brodanbell · 28/08/2011 23:22

I know a Vanessa who shortens her name to Nessa.

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

Imnotdarrellrivers · 29/08/2011 00:30

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

bubblesincoffee · 29/08/2011 00:46

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 · 29/08/2011 00:49

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

madeupme · 29/08/2011 01:26

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

mathanxiety · 29/08/2011 05:39

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 · 29/08/2011 06:29

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 · 29/08/2011 07:08

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 · 29/08/2011 07:09

I like both Nessa and Kerra btw! Smile

ripstheirthroatoutliveupstairs · 29/08/2011 07:14

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

SheCutOffTheirTails · 29/08/2011 07:27

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 · 29/08/2011 08:22

Yes

Cereal · 29/08/2011 09:06

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

HengshanRoad · 29/08/2011 09:40

Makes me think of the Loch Ness monster.