Vanassa
vah-NESS-ah
Letters
7
Syllables
3
Origin
English
Total Births
369
Peak Year
#21 in 1955
First Recorded
1953
Style
Modern & Trendy
Spelling
Moderate spelling
What It Means
A modern variant of Vanessa, a name invented by Jonathan Swift for a character in his poem 'Cadenus and Vanessa'. Likely of unknown origin but speculated to be derived from 'Van' and 'Essa'.
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