This was my great-grandmother's name, and before she died, my mother promised her that she would name one of her children Nesta. But then, she married my father whose last name is Nesta, so she ended up naming all of her three children Nesta! I find this as a wonderful name, boy or girl.
My Name is Nesta and I am a boy. I quite like my own name and find it unique I think it works fine for a boy and all the nicknames that come with it such as: Nestea, Nessie and Nesquik (mostly girls call me these ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )) over all it is a great name to have and I would recommend it to others ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )
Before I realized that this was already a name, I thought it would make a great nickname for Clytemnestra. I like Nesta by itself though, too.
― Anonymous User 12/17/2009
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This name sounds ridiculous on a boy, since it's a Welsh girls' name. It looks more feminine with the A at the end, and it kind of reminds me of "nest". I don't care for it.
In the Mates, Dates series by Cathy Hopkins, one of the main characters's name is Nesta Williams and she is half Italian and half Jamaican.
― Anonymous User 9/19/2008
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On August 21, 2008 musicians Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale welcomed into the world a baby boy named Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale. Another famous bearer is reggae legend Bob Marley, who was originally named Nesta Robert Marley.