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Vinessa

vi-NESS-ah

Letters

7

Syllables

3

Origin

Greek

Total Births

372

Peak Year

#15 in 1988

First Recorded

1956

Style

Modern & Trendy

Spelling

Moderate spelling

What It Means

A modern variation of Vanessa, invented by Jonathan Swift for his poem 'Cadenus and Vanessa'.

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Numerology

9

The Idealist

Compassionate, humanitarian, and visionary. Names vibrating at 9 carry universal love.

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Personality Traits

CreativeArtisticSensitiveIntelligent

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