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Girls Named Vanessa
This chart illustrates how many Girls were named Vanessa in the U.S. since 1880.
Records indicate that at least 227,142 girls have been named Vanessa since 1880 in the United States.
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User Comments about the name Vanessa
Comment left Oct 14, 2008: "My name is Vanessa and I'm head over heels for it. I'm so, so glad my parents named me Vanessa. It is gorgeous and unique. The bad and beautiful girls are always named Vanessa in movies (The Little Mermaid, for example). I loved reading all these comments about how much we Vanessa's like our name." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Oct 08, 2008: "What a beautiful name! I can't wait to name my daughter like that." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Sep 22, 2008: "hi my name is vanessa. .yes i really2 luv my name because 4me its quite unique and hav a different meaning . . ." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Sep 17, 2008: "I have an 18 month old daugther named Vanessa...I have always loved this name...its simple and exotic..when I hear the name I always think of a beautiful girl...(have yet to meet an ugly Vanessa...lol)" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jul 21, 2008: "I love the name Vanessa. I want to name my first daughter Vanessa. For all you Vanessa's out there, it doesn't just mean "butterfly," Vanessa is a genus of butterflies." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jul 21, 2008: "my name is vanessa and i love it. i get called vaness and nessy a lot. almost everyone i know spells it wrong the first time. i have only met a couple of other people with the name vanessa" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jul 19, 2008: "My name is vanesssa, people call me vaness for short which i love, i adore the name i feel and admire the beauty which is captulated within it" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jul 07, 2008: "My name is Vanessa...I too was named by my aunt after Vanessa Williams singer/actress/first african american to win Miss America (b4 losin it boo) in 1984 (when i was born). I've been told how beautiful my name is and am excited when I meet another...but hardly physically am around any nor really know any (as friends, nor when I was in school, just worked with one) I haven't been a ethusiast with my name growing up not cuz i didn't like it jus was not that big a deal, but seeing these comments, I love it and appreciate it more. Indeed it's beautiful and sexy...and being a scorpio...look out! ;) Been called Vany, Van, Nessa, V, Messy Nessy, VaVa, Van-essa, Va...Yeah, VANESSAS ROCK! I don't care what anyone says if otherwise...they probably just wish they had a name as alluring and smooth as ours! lol just whisper it: "Vanessa...." ooh, that's what I'm talkin bout, can't do that with other's and it come out as NICE! Ok now I'm over ethusiastic! Peace!" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jul 03, 2008: "my name is vanessa i really love it my mom givi it to me because she love the singer vanessa paradis" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jun 26, 2008: "Me and my best friend are both named Vanessa...and we both agree every girl named Vanessa happens to be really beautiful. I was born in '85 right after the Cosby show started, thats where my mom got my name." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jun 03, 2008: "I spell in Vanesa" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 30, 2008: "I'm also named after Vanessa Redgrave. How similar all these Vanessa stories are. I'm especially surprised at the mention of Vany as a nickname--I'm called Vany (pronounced Vahnee), by a select few close family members and friends.
I grew up when it was still pretty unusual to be named Vanessa (at least in the U.S.) and felt the power of singularity each morning at roll call, while names like Jennifer, Tracey and Laura were always repeated at least once. This lot tended to play up the first letter of their last name, like "NO-*I'm* Jennifer *F*!" Placing strong emphasis on the "F." They would later add to a future of monogramophilia, as that extra initial came to be of more use to them than its weaker predecessor. Somehow in childhood, having the same name sort of lessened your power. The shyer girls loved it for that very reason. They could recede into Jenniferdom; a packaged lot who seemed to share a strand of genetic code--as if by sharing a name, they also on some level shared that certain blonde one's braininess at math and the other taller one's awkward smile or bad form on the monkey bars. We, the singular names of homeroom who stood apart, name by name, couldn't help averaging out one Laura's power with the other Laura's weakness. On some level, we confused name with soul at this age.
I'd watch as these girls experienced the first shock of that gravitational shift--being forced out of their universe like a wayward meteor, a universe in which they had up until then reigned solo. They'd always blush and furtively glance back at one another. By the end of roll call, I'd breathe a sigh of relief, thanking my loving but eccentric parents under my breath; for once their eccentricity was working in my favor.
Then one summer I attended a British school in Spain, and realized that the Brits had already long since colonized my name (it is Jonathan Swift, after all, who they claim invented the name. Not after all the *ancient* Greek word for Butterfly? Hmm.) In this British school my name was hardly unique, and this sunk in every morning as I hung up my coat beside another Vanessa whose last name also started with the same letter as mine. And now, well now it's become quite common to find myself a third or fourth Vanessa in a dentist's waiting room, or in a graduate seminar, or even at a restaurant as they call out names under reservations. And online...well...
Here we all are." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 28, 2008: "I was also named after the actress Vanessa Redgrave! I love my name! Its unique and really sexy!" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 20, 2008: "I am a Vanessa too. I love my nicknames (ness, vaness, vah, nessie) and am very confused about how people spell the name so incorrectly. Whenever i tell people it.. i just start spelling it out these days. Not that hard people! Beautiful meaning. Was named by my dad after actress Vanessa Redgrave." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 04, 2008: "my name is vanessa and i LOVE it my aunt named me vanessa after vanessa williams today there is a singer names vanessa ann hugdens the name is fresh and smooth with the men its not a very common name and its sexy and unique" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Apr 25, 2008: "I LOVE my name. Its super sexy, fun, and not that common. Its uber girly, and super appealing to men. Like myself. I love that it means butterfly, how much more girlier can you get, seriously. We Vanessas rule. Were totally fetch." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Apr 20, 2008: "HI MY NAME IS VANESSA AND I'M PROUD OF HAVING SUCH A FAMOUS NAME AND I'M PROUD OF NAME" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Apr 05, 2008: "My name is Vanessa. My family used to call me Van or Va. Hearing that, people around got confused and used Valerie; the worse was when they started refering to me as Vincent!! Very glad that so more and more famous Vanessa around so that no more problem with my name ;-)" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Mar 31, 2008: "My name is Vanessia, but it is pronounced Vanessa. I love the name but people saying it wrong and spelling it wrong does drive me crazy." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Mar 26, 2008: "I always used to hate being called by my full name, preferring the nickname Ness. It always used to remind me of being chided as a child. Now I'm 31 I'm getting used to it as a beautiful name. And for the person who left the Jan 05 comment, my cousin calls me Vinnie. I think it stuck after a friend once called me it from watching the tv show Doogie Houser." (Report as inappropriate)
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