Vanesa

Vanesa: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “butterfly”
Origin: Greek
Say it: vuh-NESS-uh · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

Vanesa is a spelling variant of Vanessa. The name Vanessa was coined by Jonathan Swift and later associated with the butterfly genus Vanessa.

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How popular is Vanesa?

20247.2 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Vanesa in 202424

Peak year2002

Total US babies since 18806,515

Vanesa is fading: recent use is about 26% of its level ten years before.

Names like Vanesa

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Vanessainvented literary name · English
Venessabutterfly · Greek
Sophiawisdom · Greek
Sofiawisdom · Greek
Chloeyoung green shoot · Greek
Zoelife · Greek
Penelopeweaver; duck · Greek
Elenabright, shining light · Greek

Vanesa questions

What does the name Vanesa mean?

Vanesa means "butterfly". It comes from Greek. Vanesa is a spelling variant of Vanessa. The name Vanessa was coined by Jonathan Swift and later associated with the butterfly genus Vanessa.

Is Vanesa a boy or girl name?

Vanesa is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Vanesa?

24 US babies were named Vanesa in 2024. Its peak year was 2002.

How do you pronounce Vanesa?

Vanesa is usually pronounced vuh-NESS-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.