Vanessa
Meaning
"Butterfly; or Literary Name"
Coined by Jonathan Swift as a literary name; later associated with a genus of butterflies, reinforcing natural imagery.
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Vanessa did not appear in the national SSA rankings for 2024.
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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. Names used fewer than 5 times in a given year are not ranked.
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