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a brush-footed butterfly Image by Arnstein Rønning,[1] License: Creative Commons, CC-BY-SA |
1) English fantasy name invented by Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) for his intimate friend Esther Vanhomrigh. It seems to have been derivated from the first syllable of her Dutch surname and the name ending -essa, possibly influenced by the first syllable of her given name. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
2) Vanessa is also a genus of brush-footed butterflies [4]
That name might derive from
Vanesa | ♀ |
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Wanesa | ♀ |
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Vanessa | ♀ |
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Wanessa | ♀ |
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Vanesse | ♀ |
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Vannessa | ♀ |
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Venessa | ♀ |
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Wenessa | ♀ |
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- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Vanessa |
Genitive: | Vanessas |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Vanessa |
Genitive: | Vanessan |
Partitive: | Vanessaa |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Vanessa |
Genitive: | Vanessas |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Vanessa |
Genitive: | Vanessas |
Finland |
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Finland (Swedish Language) |
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Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[12] |
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3100 | 4043 | 3100 | 4041 | 0 | 2 |
Finland[13] |
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n.a. |
3101 | n.a. |
3101 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[14] |
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1043 | n.a. |
1043 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Iceland[15] |
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32 | 47 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[16] |
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5 | 5 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[17] |
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1107 | n.a. |
1107 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |