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“VANESA”
“VANEZA”
MESTIZO”
“GOTCHA!”
(and all this time, you really thought…)
(you really think?)
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*RELATIVES*
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*FICTIONAL VANESSAS*
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*”SONGS FOR VANESSA*
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*NICKNAMES*
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*”THE GOLD STANDARD(S)”*
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(“vanessa” is a ‘feminine given name’, especially popular in the ‘united states’, ‘germany’, and ‘brazil’)
(it was invented by the anglo-irish writer ‘jonathan swift’ for ‘esther vanhomrigh’, whom ‘swift’ had met in ‘1708’ and whom he ‘tutored’)
(the name was created by taking “van” from vanhomrigh’s last name and adding “essa” (a ‘pet form of ‘esther’))
(in ‘1726’, the name ‘vanessa’ appeared in print for the first time in cadenus and vanessa, an ‘autobiographical poem’ about swift’s relationship with ‘vanhomrigh’)
(‘swift’ had written the poem in ‘1713’, but it was not published until 3 years after ‘vanhomrigh’ died)
(“vanessa” has been adopted later as the name of a genus of ‘butterfly’ by ‘johan christian fabricius’ in ‘1807’)
(‘vanessa’ was the ’71st most popular name’ for ‘girls’ born in the ‘united states’ in ‘2007’)
(it has been among the ‘top 200 names’ for ‘girls’ in the ‘united states’ since ‘1953’ and among the ‘top 100 names’ for ‘girls’ since ‘1977’)
(it first appeared among the ‘top 1000 names’ for ‘girls’ in the ‘united states’ in ‘1950’, when it appeared on the list ranked in ‘939th place’)
(in ‘germany’, ‘vanessa’ has been among the ‘top 100 names’ for ‘girls’ since ‘1976’)
(the name became more and more popular and was the ‘7th most popular name’ for girls in ‘the 1990s’)
(in the following years its popularity dropped and the name is ranked in ’42nd place’ for the decade ‘2000’ – ‘2009’)
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