Vannessa is a ♀ girl’s name.
Vannessa is a variant of the name Vanessa. It is an invention of the author Jonathan Swift for his poem “Cadenus and Vanessa“ (1726). Maybe it derives from the Greek goddess Phanessa.
Vanessa is a name of a genus of butterfly, so the meaning of Vannessa could be “queen of the butterflies”.
The name Vannessa is ranked #4322 overall.
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Last updated: 4/13/2022
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