Vanessa is a ♀ female name.
Origin of Vanessa
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.
Meaning of Vanessa
Vanessa is a name of a genus of butterfly, so the meaning could be “queen of the butterflies”.
Pronunciation of Vanessa
Alternate spelling of Vanessa
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- 🇦🇹 Austria: 580 ↑ 49
- 🇦🇺 Australia: 1990 ↑↑ 118
- 🇧🇪 Belgium: 4202 ↑ 4
- 🇨🇦 Canada: 2291 ↓ -15
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 1530 ↓ -27
- 🇩🇪 Germany: 1478 ↓ -27
- 🇩🇰 Denmark: 776 ↑↑ 104
- 🇪🇸 Spain: 2018 ↓ -10
- 🇫🇮 Finland: 274 ↓ -14
- 🇫🇷 France: 3409 ↑ 3
- 🇬🇧 Great Britain: 3582 ↑ 18
- 🇮🇪 Ireland: 2756 ↓ -24
- 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein: 8394 ↑↑ 455
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 3052 ↓↓ -104
- 🇳🇴 Norway: 870 ↑↑ 279
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 2199 ↓ -47
- 🇵🇹 Portugal: 3013 ↓ -48
- 🇸🇪 Sweden: 1357 ↑ 65
- 🇺🇸 United States: 1923 ↓ -37
Vanessa in the Top 50 Names
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