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Around the globe, Nysa (Nysa , Ниса ) is a rare dominantly female, but uncommonly masculine first name. The forename Nysa is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Bulgaria, where it is a rare feminine name, and Kazakhstan. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. Much less frequently, Nysa is the last name as well as the forename.
Nysa is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nysa , the mythical daughter of Aristaeus; Nysa , the nymph, one of the Nysiads and Nysa , the musical character in the musical A Greek Slave by Sidney Jones.