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in reply to a message by Anthea Parvana
It's VERY cute, but words that are just occasionally used as names can't be submitted here, since somebody could say: "I named my son Stone, submit it", although it's normally not used as a name. But maybe Mariposa is used as a name in Spain and/or Latin America?
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Vanessa doesn't mean "butterfly"
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
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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Oh! Thankyou! I didn't even think of looking it up. My father was the one who told me it meant butterfly.
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