Vanessa (name) 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. Vanessa (name) 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
Vanessa Van Edwards a set of experiments on TED talks and presented her research at SXSW in March 2015. Her lab has also conducted research on the TV Show Shark Tank and analyzed hand gestures in presidential inaugural addresses. Van Edwards is the author of the books Human Lie Detection and Body Language 101 and Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I'm Grounded with Plume (Penguin USA) under her maiden name, Vanessa Van Petten. Vanessa Van Edwards Vanessa Van Edwards is a behavioral investigator and national best-selling author of "Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People" (2017). She is also a