Vinessa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- vuh-NESS-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Vinessa is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Vinessa mean?
Modern: variant spelling of Vanessa
Variant of Vanessa, a name invented by Jonathan Swift around 1710 for his poem Cadenus and Vanessa.
Is Vinessa a girl's or a boy's name?
Vinessa is a girls' name.
How popular is Vinessa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1988, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the girls named Vinessa in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vinessa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
Nicknames for Vinessa
- Nessa 20 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Vinessa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amanda Samantha Vanessa Kayla Miranda Jessica Serena Bianca Melissa Leanna Sierra Alyssa
Names related to Vinessa
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Vinessa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vinessa, updated 20 October 2026.