Vanessa can refer to:

*Vanessa — Jonathan Swift invented the name and used it in an autobiographical poem.
*Vanessa (butterfly) — a genus in the Lepidoptera order.
*Vanessa (model) — a bondage model.
*Vanessa (The Little Mermaid), a character in Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid, the human form took by the villain Urs...(continue reading)