 Though similar in pronunciation to the Italian name Giovanna, and conjectured to be derived from it, Vanna is neither a nickname nor a derivation.The name Vanna first appears in print in "La Vita Nuova", a thirteenth-century book of verse written by Dante Alighieri, an Italian Florentine poet.In one verse, Dante writes that (anthropomorphized) Love itself proclaims that Vanna is "Primavera" ("Springtime") and declares that Beatrice's name is "Love".