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The baby name Vanesa is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced English: /vəˈnɛsə/ (vuh-NESS-uh); Spanish: /baˈnesa/ (ba-NEH-sa).

Gender: Female
Syllables: 3.0
Pronunciation: English: /vəˈnɛsə/ (vuh-NESS-uh); Spanish: /baˈnesa/ (ba-NEH-sa)

What is the meaning of the name Vanesa ?

The baby name Vanesa is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced English: /vəˈnɛsə/ (vuh-NESS-uh); Spanish: /baˈnesa/ (ba-NEH-sa).

Vanesa is in Origin.

Vanesa is the single‑s Spanish and South Slavic form of Vanessa, a literary given name coined by Jonathan Swift around 1713 for Esther Vanhomrigh. He blended “Van‑” from her surname with “‑essa,” a pet form of Esther, producing a modern creation without earlier attestation. The later naming of the butterfly genus Vanessa reinforced a widely loved symbolic meaning of “butterfly,” though the name itself has no classical etymology. Occasional attempts to link it to Greek Phanessa remain speculative.

Use expanded in Europe and Latin America during the later 20th century; Vanesa became especially popular in Spain and across Hispanic America from the 1970s through the 1990s, and in the Balkans a little later, while the double‑s Vanessa remains standard in English-speaking countries. Variants and spellings include Vanessa, Vanesa, Wanesa (Polish), Venessa, and Vannessa. Common diminutives: Vane (Spanish), Nessa, Ness, and Vani.

Vanesa has the following similar or variant Names

Vanesa – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Girls 2022 #1 — 935
KH 0 #3 1 102
HT 0 #12 1 399
SV Girls 0 #17 2 458
HN Girls 0 #33 6 884
AR Girls 0 #45 4,070 8,289
LU 0 #66 1 2,830
AL 0 #74 3 2,372
SI 0 #75 6 1,612
AO 0 #76 2 2,729
AR 0 #76 126 2,915
JP 0 #77 1 4,057
Spain Girls 0 #78 10,607 5,561
BG 0 #82 1 1,799
RS 0 #83 2 923
CN 0 #86 1 3,857
LT 0 #88 1 949
JM 0 #92 2 3,714
TW 0 #101 3 4,523
ID Girls 0 #102 1 3,319
QA 0 #105 2 7,011
EC 0 #113 9 2,502
BN Girls 0 #114 1 5,459
OM 0 #121 1 6,215
SI Girls 0 #122 53 2,769
CO Girls 0 #129 7,715 16,140
RS Girls 0 #130 8 1,651
PA 0 #132 7 3,797
GR 0 #133 3 3,911
BO Girls 0 #134 1,336 9,488
MU 0 #135 3 3,613
UY Girls 0 #136 902 6,731
Spain 0 #137 557 2,326
BG Girls 0 #138 88 3,559
PR Girls 0 #151 11 3,171
UY 0 #151 27 2,477
MT Girls 0 #152 2 3,773
CR 0 #157 9 5,526
HR Girls 0 #157 182 3,687
HR 0 #160 20 2,081
AL Girls 0 #161 63 4,141
LT Girls 0 #172 23 1,904
Sweden Girls 2022 #178 2 1,568
CZ 0 #178 9 3,154
PE Girls 0 #178 2,787 14,861
AE 0 #186 2 10,220
LU Girls 0 #188 3 4,850
CZ Girls 0 #190 179 5,378
EC Girls 0 #197 43 3,650
AO Girls 0 #200 10 4,575
DK 0 #206 1 5,198
SI Boys 0 #210 2 3,402
IR 0 #217 13 4,221
BG Boys 0 #218 3 3,850
GT Girls 0 #222 370 7,500
GR Girls 0 #226 17 6,293
PS 0 #226 1 5,692
NA Girls 0 #236 2 7,146
BO 0 #237 150 6,868
GT 0 #237 78 5,948
JP Girls 0 #245 7 6,592
EC Boys 0 #246 1 3,322
PT 0 #248 3 4,161
AO Boys 0 #249 1 5,568
MO Girls 0 #262 2 7,056
TW Girls 0 #263 14 8,139
PE 0 #267 44 6,350
PA Girls 0 #269 237 9,861
JM Girls 0 #277 2 7,507
CO 0 #280 242 7,768
IL 0 #280 3 6,291
SG 0 #282 1 11,010
CL Girls 0 #291 1,110 14,098
MX Girls 0 #299 2,798 17,781
AL Boys 0 #301 3 5,122
CZ Boys 0 #301 5 6,530
Canada Girls 2009 #302 6 2,893
CR Girls 0 #311 244 11,342
DK Girls 0 #323 7 7,429
CL 0 #334 79 6,867
GH Girls 0 #335 3 6,973
QA Girls 0 #335 9 15,378
MU Girls 0 #342 10 8,539
PL Girls 0 #345 10 5,096
IR Girls 0 #349 191 8,334
MY 0 #352 3 12,352
BR 0 #353 8 5,969
CN Girls 0 #354 6 8,829
HK 0 #357 1 8,483
PH Girls 0 #366 25 13,098
MX 0 #377 37 8,339
Austria Girls 0 #378 43 1,885
OM Girls 0 #386 11 15,987
UY Boys 0 #387 13 5,922
France Girls 2021 #401 5 3,185
AR Boys 0 #405 63 7,628
BD Girls 0 #406 1 8,413
PT Girls 0 #438 14 7,952
ZA 0 #471 4 14,421
CM Girls 0 #481 60 11,671
KW Girls 0 #492 24 19,177
GT Boys 0 #494 6 7,625
IQ Girls 0 #494 11 11,303
PA Boys 0 #498 8 9,305
CR Boys 0 #506 5 10,188
PS Girls 0 #511 13 10,981
RU Girls 0 #516 8 11,913
AE Girls 0 #527 27 20,968
LY 0 #559 1 12,703
IR Boys 0 #562 4 10,162
SG Girls 0 #563 24 18,916
CM Boys 0 #574 2 12,054
BO Boys 0 #579 14 9,244
BH 0 #580 8 17,937
IL Girls 0 #600 18 11,648
BD Boys 0 #604 2 10,045
HK Girls 0 #605 11 16,104
CL Boys 0 #652 14 13,390
IN Girls 0 #654 1 13,121
LB 0 #687 4 13,263
IQ Boys 0 #697 1 13,071
IT 0 #699 16 4,183
Finland Girls 2026 #715 24 3,895
BR Girls 0 #722 224 12,708
Germany Girls 0 #735 104 4,949
SG Boys 0 #738 2 17,960
SY 0 #765 3 11,684
BR Boys 0 #781 5 12,213
CO Boys 0 #781 140 15,656
KW Boys 0 #805 2 18,755
NG Girls 0 #818 9 15,093
PE Boys 0 #829 50 14,506
TN 0 #864 2 13,765
Spain Boys 0 #879 52 5,610
United States Girls 2024 #893 24 8,487
SA Girls 0 #897 39 25,931
NL Girls 0 #914 42 5,933
OM Boys 0 #917 2 17,948
MX Boys 0 #925 58 16,355
MY Girls 0 #966 29 24,821
EG Girls 0 #1,002 8 14,742
ZA Girls 0 #1,070 72 25,928
IT Girls 0 #1,109 343 9,415
MA 0 #1,114 15 20,986
AE Boys 0 #1,143 1 22,615
DZ 0 #1,167 10 20,130
MY Boys 0 #1,181 2 25,439
TR 0 #1,246 9 19,440
ZA Boys 0 #1,270 3 25,619
SA Boys 0 #1,690 2 28,008

Vanesa is popular in 79 countries — most recent births per country:

United States
France
Sweden
Ireland
Canada

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People also ask about Vanesa

Vanesa is predominantly a girl's name.
Vanesa is a 3 syllable name, pronounced English: /vəˈnɛsə/ (vuh-NESS-uh); Spanish: /baˈnesa/ (ba-NEH-sa).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Vanessa, Vaneesa, Vannessa, Vanessah, Vanesha and Vanesia.
Across languages, Vanesa has these equivalents: Nessa (diminutive), Nessie (diminutive), Esther (original inspiration).
Yes, very popular — Vanesa ranked #1 in Ireland in 2022, and appears in official birth registries across 7 countries.
Vanesa ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2022).
Vanesa's popularity is holding steady. It moved from #1 in 2012 to #1 in 2022 in Ireland.