[Facts] Vanessa doesn't mean "butterfly" (m)
VANESSA f
Usage: English
Pronounced: va-NES-a
Invented by author Jonathan Swift. 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.Emphasis mine.Miranda
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Isn't this a name?  ·  Anthea Parvana  ·  5/5/2004, 11:27 AM
Re: Isn't this a name?  ·  caprice  ·  5/11/2004, 10:39 AM
Re: Isn't this a name?  ·  Caprice  ·  5/5/2004, 12:14 PM
Re: Isn't this a name?  ·  Jessica Randall  ·  5/5/2004, 7:43 PM
Vanessa doesn't mean "butterfly" (m)  ·  Miranda  ·  5/5/2004, 7:45 PM
Re: Vanessa doesn't mean "butterfly" (m)  ·  Jessica Randall  ·  5/5/2004, 9:00 PM
Re: Vanessa doesn't mean "butterfly" (m)  ·  Miranda  ·  5/5/2004, 9:12 PM