Vanessa (vah-ne-Sah, vanessa)

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Here we offer authentic Japanese Tattoo designs of the name Vanessa by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase. Remember that names are translated to Japanese by how they are pronounced. So these Japanese Tattoo designs of Vanessa are only correct for you if you pronounce Vanessa as vah-ne-Sah. That is the name Vanessa (when pronounced vah-ne-Sah) in Japanese katakana is ヴァネッサ with the romaji vanessa.

The standard way that names are translated to Japanese is with katakana. And these are the samples we show above. We also offer Vanessa in hiragana which while not standard may be preferred when a more feminine Japanese Tattoo design of Vanessa is wanted. Vanessa in hiragana is ばねっさ and has the romaji banessa. Be sure to scroll down to see all of the Japanese tattoo designs we offer.

Translations You Can Trust Look up Vanessa in Jeffrey's J/E Dictionary at Vanessa. People using this exact same translation are Vanessa Bauche (ヴァネッサ・バウチェ), Vanessa Ferlito (ヴァネッサ・フェルリート), Vanessa Guedj (ヴァネッサ・グジ), Vanessa Paradis (ヴァネッサ・パラディ) and Vanessa Williams (ヴァネッサ・ウィリアムズ). The popular Japanese site Movie Walker also show celebrities named Vanessa that use this translation to Japanese.

The name Vanessa means "Butterfly" which in kanji is 蝶 which is read chou.

If you are only interested in a Japanese Tattoo Design of the meaning of the name Vanessa then click on the image for all the available options.

We also offer Japanese Tattoo designs of Vanessa that have both the pronunciation in kana and the meaning in kanji. If you scroll down you will see several tattoo designs that translate both the prounciation and the meaning of the name Vanessa.

Learn more about the etymology of Vanessa at BehindTheName.