Vannesa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- va-NESS-a
- Origin
- English
Vannesa is a girls' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Vannesa mean?
English: spelling of Vanessa; literary coinage by Jonathan Swift
Coined by Jonathan Swift in his poem Cadenus and Vanessa from his friend Esther Vanhomrigh's name; it is also a butterfly genus.
Meaning borrowed from Vanessa. More on Wiktionary.
Is Vannesa a girl's or a boy's name?
Vannesa is a girls' name.
How popular is Vannesa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Vannesa in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vannesa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,191 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,659 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,893 |
| 1998 | 54 | #2,527 |
| 1997 | 38 | #3,102 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 49 | #2,536 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 49 | #2,543 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 54 | #2,312 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,708 |
| 1988 | 52 | #2,182 |
| 1987 | 52 | #2,097 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,780 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
Nicknames for Vannesa
Names like Vannesa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vanessa Sierra Amanda Samantha Brianna Bianca Briana Serena Miranda Ariana Viviana Savannah
Names related to Vannesa
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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, “Vannesa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vannesa, updated 20 October 2026.