Given name
Yanessa
“resembling a butterfly”
Yanessa is a form of Vanessa. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a butterfly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In American use, Yanessa carries the interpretation “resembling a butterfly.” Yanessa is a form of Vanessa. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a butterfly.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Yanessa is used as a form of Vanessa.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yanessa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 405
- 0 boys · 405 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −86%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 314 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yanessa’s family of names
Yanessa is a form of Vanessa. Yanessa has a related form in Yanisa. Yanessa has a related form in Yanika.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 22
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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