What nationality is the name Inessa?

Question

What nationality is the name Inessa?

Answer 1

Russian.

Answer 2

Originally Sicelian  but people named Inessa are from all nationalities now.

Aetna (Ancient Greek: Αἰ̈τνη), was an ancient city of Sicily, situated at the foot of the mountain of the same name, on its southern declivity. It was originally a Sicelian city, and was called Inessa or Inessum (Ἴνησσα, Thuc., Strabo; Ἴνησσον, Steph. Byz. v. Αἴτνη; Diodorus has the corrupt form Ἐννηδία).

  

Answer 3

To avoid confusion:

The form Inessa of the name comes probably from Rusiia or a Baltic country ,  were it is frequently used .

Abut etymology: it is true that such a pre-greek town existed near Aetna (a volcano) in Sicily, established  more or less around 3000 or 3500 BC.  Location should be betweencurrent towns of  Paterno'  and Santa Maria di Licodia.

The name came from Sicanian language and probablly from the indo european words  "Ich" (water) and  "nessa" (place)

If the etymology of your name come from this, you have a really really rare name.

A more standard , even if less interesting etymology, comes from variations of the Greek word hagne (meaning is : "Pure") , later  passed to Latin and became an Italian name (Agnese, Agnes in English) . Diffused in Spain, Portugal  and Spanish speaking countries as Inez or Ines. In the Greek  and later orthodox /Russian world the name evolved as  Inessa

Both the other replies were in some way correct