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Worldwide, نيسا (Nisa , Nesa , Nessa ) is a widespread primarily feminine, but very seldom male first name. The given name نيسا is characteristic of Brunei, where it is quite a common female name, Indonesia, where it is quite a common mostly feminine, but uncommonly boy's name, and Albania, where it is quite a common girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Indonesia, and Philippines. Likewise, نيسا is the last name as well as the forename.
نيسا is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nessa , the Middle-earth, The Silmarillion; Nisa , the operatic character in the opera Liebe und Eifersucht and Nessa , character in The Silmarillion.