Janessa

Janessa can be considered a more fancy version of Jane or Janet, or it can be considered a respelling of Vanessa. Either way, Janessa is a fairly rare name. It has been used some since the late 1980's, and has gained some popularity, but many many people aren't even aware this name exists yet. Will it gain more popularity and become common? It could. It's a pretty name, and it is potentially very versatile, as a girl named Janessa could choose to be called Jan or Jane or Nessie or Essie or even Jessie. It's a little like Vanessa and a little like Jessica, and really all this name needs is one super-famous bearer to push it into the spotlight and it could easily take off. If your name is already Janessa, there's a website, Janessa.com, just for you and the other Janessas of the world.