Venessa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- vuh-NESS-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Venessa is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Venessa mean?
Modern: spelling of Vanessa, a name invented by Jonathan Swift
A spelling of Vanessa, which Jonathan Swift coined from the surname of his friend Esther Vanhomrigh.
Is Venessa a girl's or a boy's name?
Venessa is a girls' name.
How popular is Venessa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 6 girls.
Venessa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Venessa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1984, with 239 girls. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the girls named Venessa in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Venessa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 41 | #3,562 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 45 | #3,142 |
| 2001 | 54 | #2,736 |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,066 |
| 1999 | 65 | #2,280 |
| 1998 | 59 | #2,367 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,357 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,279 |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,211 |
| 1994 | 83 | #1,752 |
| 1993 | 95 | #1,601 |
| 1992 | 97 | #1,585 |
| 1991 | 98 | #1,558 |
| 1990 | 114 | #1,381 |
| 1989 | 151 | #1,103 |
| 1988 | 173 | #960 |
| 1987 | 195 | #873 |
| 1986 | 192 | #861 |
| 1985 | 207 | #799 |
| 1984 | 239 | #696 |
| 1983 | 224 | #733 |
| 1982 | 198 | #807 |
| 1981 | 198 | #807 |
| 1980 | 201 | #805 |
| 1979 | 177 | #872 |
| 1978 | 174 | #849 |
| 1977 | 155 | #913 |
| 1976 | 130 | #980 |
| 1975 | 100 | #1,155 |
| 1974 | 109 | #1,076 |
| 1973 | 96 | #1,143 |
| 1972 | 82 | #1,254 |
| 1971 | 114 | #1,057 |
| 1970 | 89 | #1,247 |
| 1969 | 102 | #1,095 |
| 1968 | 76 | #1,258 |
| 1967 | 66 | #1,348 |
| 1966 | 64 | #1,368 |
| 1965 | 70 | #1,292 |
| 1964 | 71 | #1,334 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,546 |
| 1962 | 73 | #1,292 |
| 1961 | 77 | #1,259 |
| 1960 | 99 | #1,080 |
| 1959 | 81 | #1,183 |
| 1958 | 67 | #1,293 |
| 1957 | 76 | #1,210 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,580 |
| 1955 | 46 | #1,497 |
| 1954 | 44 | #1,517 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,502 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,977 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
Nicknames for Venessa
Names like Venessa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Victoria, Francesca, Melissa, Maria, Vanessa, Lara, Serena, Alana, Cassandra, Joanna, Sabrina
Names related to Venessa
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Venessa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/venessa, updated 20 October 2026.