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Nesta

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Origin of the name Agnes:

Derived from the Greek Hagnē, which is from hagnos (chaste, pure, sacred). The name was borne by a thirteen-year-old Roman martyred for her Christian beliefs during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian

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Welsh diminutive for Agnes.
Pronounced: NESS-tah

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