Van-Ness
Dutch - Male
Of the headland.
Of the headland.
Very high places, marshes.
Wanderer.
Wanderer.
From the hill.
From the hill.
From the pool.
Son of Osvin.
Dyke.
God's gift.
Spanish form of Vanessa.
Butterfly.
From Evangeline. Bearer of good news.
Diminutive of Vanessa: Butterfly. Also, from Phanessa, the mystic Goddess of an ancient Greek brotherhood.
Nourishment, or weapons, of the Lord.
A mythical God of rain.
Gracious gift.
Stranger.
Form of Vanessa. A Tuscan renaissance name. It first appears in the 1300's publication "La Vita Nuova" (The New Life) by the great poet Dante Alighieri. Vanna was called the Springtime of Florence. She was the best friend of famous Beatrice, Dante's true love and pure ideal of The Divine Comedy. Famous bearer: Novelist-poet-actress, Vanna Bonta.