VANESSA GENDER: Feminine USAGE: English, Italian, Portuguese, - TopicsExpress



          

VANESSA GENDER: Feminine USAGE: English, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch PRONOUNCED: və-NES-ə (English) Meaning & History Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his poem Cadenus and Vanessa (1726). He arrived at it by rearranging the initial syllables of the first name and surname of Esther Vanhomrigh, his close friend. Vanessa was later used as the name of a genus of butterfly. It was a rare given name until the mid-20th century, at which point it became fairly popular. Popularity United States ranked #149 England/Wales ranked #322 Austria ranked #40 Croatia ranked #88 France ranked #486 Netherlands ranked #342
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 15:57:52 +0000

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