Message: "Re: Vanessa doesn't mean "butterfly" (m)"

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Re: Vanessa doesn't mean "butterfly" (m)

by Jessica Randall (guest)

5/5/2004, 9:00 PM

Oh! Thankyou! I didn't even think of looking it up. My father was the one who told me it meant butterfly.

- Miranda (Randee15)

5/5/2004, 9:12 PM

Not a problem, many people erroneously think Vanessa means "butterfly". Bad baby name books and sites contribute to the problem.

The fact that a genus of butterfly was named Vanessa is a nice bonus of the name, though, even if the name doesn't actually mean "butterfly".

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