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 O'Loughlin set in Dublin, using the pen name Sam Blake; the first book in the series will be titled "Little Bones." O'Loughlin founded Writing.ie in 2011. Writing.ie is an online Irish writer's web resource and magazine that covers literary events and offers advice to writers. The Irish Independent describes "Writing.ie" as, "a one-stop shop for authors." Vanessa O'Loughlin Vanessa O’Loughlin (Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin) is an Irish author, and literary agent. In 2006, O'Loughlin moved from a career in event management to self-employment, founding Inkwell Writers Workshops to run fiction-writing workshops taught by bestselling published writers. During the Post-2008 Irish economic downturn,