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vanna¹

Where it comes from

Made up to sound like a Greek letter, probably beginning with "v" to be similar to vega.

noun

  1. uncountable A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to changes in the spot price, or equivalently the rate of change of delta with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.

    Similar: DdeltaDvol, DvegaDspot

Vanna²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Slavic Vanna, from Ivana (Ѝвана) and Ivanna (Ива́нна), ultimately from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.

Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, and Sinead.

proper noun Vannas

  1. A female given name from the Slavic languages.

Vanna³

Where it comes from

From Italian Vanna.

proper noun Vannas · de Vanna · deVanna · DeVanna · Devanna · de-Vanna

  1. A surname from Italian.

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@misc{vanna_2026,
  title = {vanna},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vanna},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}