♀ Name Vanessa

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Vanessa is a ♀ girl name.

Where does the name Vanessa come from?

The name Vanessa is an invention of the author Jonathan Swift for his poem “Cadenus and Vanessa” (1726). Maybe it derives from the Greek goddess Phanessa.

What does the name Vanessa mean?

Vanessa is a name of a genus of butterfly, so the meaning could be “queen of the butterflies”.

Pronunciation of Vanessa

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Variants of the name Vanessa

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Popularity of the name Vanessa

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