Vanessa

Origen y significado de Vanessa

Vanessa is a literary invention: the writer Jonathan Swift coined it in the early eighteenth century for his friend Esther Vanhomrigh, joining part of her surname to the pet form 'Essa.' Later a naturalist gave it to a genus of butterflies, hence the butterfly association. Popular throughout the twentieth century in Europe and the Americas, it endures for its modern, elegant sound. It evokes lightness, grace and freedom, with an international, faintly exotic charm.

Variantes en el mundo

Cómo se dice Vanessa en otros idiomas.

Personas famosas

• Vanessa Redgrave— actriz
• Vanessa Bell— pintor