Lanessa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-NESS-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Lanessa is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lanessa mean?
Modern: La- prefix plus Nessa, a short form of Vanessa
Built on Nessa, a short form of Vanessa, with the La- prefix.
Is Lanessa a girl's or a boy's name?
Lanessa is a girls' name.
How popular is Lanessa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Lanessa in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lanessa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
Names like Lanessa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brianna Leanna Kiana Samantha Briana Sierra Kiara Liliana Liana Amanda Alyssa Kayla
Names related to Lanessa
More Modern names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lanessa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lanessa, updated 20 October 2026.