{"id":21939,"date":"2025-02-18T13:04:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=21939"},"modified":"2026-09-19T17:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:02:19","slug":"vanessa-name-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/vanessa-name-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0627\u0633\u0645 \u0641\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0633\u0627 \u0644\u064a\u0633 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0642\u062f\u0633 \u2014 \u0644\u0643\u0646 \u0646\u0635\u0641\u0647 \u0647\u0648 \u0625\u0633\u062a\u064a\u0631"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Vanessa is not in the Bible \u2014 but half of it was taken from a woman who is. This is one of the very few names in the world whose inventor, date and reason we know exactly. Jonathan Swift made it up in 1726, for a poem, out of the name of his friend Esther Vanhomrigh: the Van of her surname and the Essa of her first name, which was Esther. What does the name Vanessa mean? Strictly, nothing. It\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vanessa was invented by Jonathan Swift in 1726 from the name Esther Vanhomrigh. Half of it is Esther \u2014 who has a book of her own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-21939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9115,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/jayden-bible-meaning\/","url_meta":{"origin":21939,"position":0},"title":"Jayden Is Not in the Bible \u2014 but Jadon Repaired a Wall","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Jayden is an invented name, not a biblical one. 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