Her fictional name “ Vanessa ” was created by Swift by taking Van from her surname, Vanhomrigh, and adding Esse, the pet form of her first name, Esther.

Swift had written the poem in 1713, but it was not published until three years after Vanhomrigh died.

Esther Vanhomrigh ( known by the pseudonym Vanessa ; c. 1688 – 2 June 1723 ), an Irish woman of Dutch descent, was a longtime lover and correspondent of Jonathan Swift.

Margaret Louisa Woods wrote a novel inspired by her life titled Esther Vanhomrigh ( 1891 ).

It was invented by the Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift for Esther Vanhomrigh, whom Swift had met in 1708 and whom he tutored.

* Vanessa ( name ), a female given name coined by Jonathan Swift, originally as a nickname for Esther Vanhomrigh

The hospital retains Swiftian touches, with wards named after Stella ( Esther Johnson ), Vanessa ( Esther Vanhomrigh ), Henry Grattan, the village of Kilroot ( in County Antrim ) where Swift worked as Prebend at the church, and Laracor ( County Meath ) where he also worked as a clergyman.

* Margaret L. Woods-Esther Vanhomrigh

In 1726 the name Vanessa appeared in print for the first time in Cadenus and Vanessa, an autobiographical poem about Swift's relationship with Vanhomrigh.

Esther was the daughter of Bartholomew Vanhomrigh, a merchant of Amsterdam and afterwards of Dublin, who was appointed commissary of the stores by King William upon his expedition into Ireland.

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