Vanessa (name) - Wikipedia Vanessa is a feminine given name It was invented by the Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift for Esther Vanhomrigh, whom Swift had met in 1708 and whom he tutored The name was created by taking "Van" from Vanhomrigh's last name and adding "Essa", a pet form of Esther [1]
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Meaning, origin and history of the name Vanessa Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his 1726 poem Cadenus and Vanessa [1] 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