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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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Numerology

3

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Personality Traits

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