Nyssa (name)

Nyssa is a feminine name. It has many meanings, including "goal" or "beginning" (in Greek), "sign" (Nissa, in Hebrew), "friendly elf or fairy" (Nissa in Scandinavian), "woman" (in Arabic) and "end" (in Latin).

It is also the genus name of the tree Nyssa sylvatica.

Several fictional characters bear this name, such as:

• Nyssa Raatko, a character in the Batman comic book series
• Nyssa of Traken from the British TV series Doctor Who
• Nyssa Damaskinos from Blade II

For people named Nyssa, see Nyssa or Nysa and Neisse (disambiguation).