Venessa

Venessa: name meaning, origin & popularity

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

Venessa is usually a variant spelling of Vanessa. Vanessa was coined by Jonathan Swift and later associated with the butterfly genus Vanessa; its exact original formation is literary rather than ancient.

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How popular is Venessa?

20241.8 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 Venessa in 20246

Peak year1984

Total US babies since 18805,767

Venessa is fading: recent use is about 47% of its level ten years before.

Names like Venessa

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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

Venessa questions

What does the name Venessa mean?

Venessa means "butterfly". It comes from Greek. Venessa is usually a variant spelling of Vanessa. Vanessa was coined by Jonathan Swift and later associated with the butterfly genus Vanessa; its exact original formation is literary rather than ancient.

Is Venessa a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Venessa?

6 US babies were named Venessa in 2024. Its peak year was 1984.

How do you pronounce Venessa?

Venessa is usually pronounced və-NESS-ə.

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.