The first name Vesna
A girl’s name from Russian.
Pronounced /vɛsnə/ 2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Russian origin
Borrowed from Russian Весна́ (Vesná), Ukrainian Весна́ (Vesná), Serbo-Croatian Ве̏сна /Vȅsna, etc. Doublet of Vasant and Basant, of Sanskrit origin.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Vesna at birth, 1880–2025
In 2024, 5 girls born in the United States were named Vesna, the 17,536th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1968, when 12 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Vesna in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Vesna in Czech, French and Slovak too.
Famous people named Vesna
9 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Vesna PusićCroatian politician, born 1953
- Vesna ParunCroatian poet and translator (1922–2010)
- Vesna PisarovićCroatian pop singer, born 1978
- Vesna TeršeličCroatian activist, born 1962
- Vesna BajkušaBosnia and Herzegovina basketball player (born 1968)
- Vesna Caselotti (Mišanović)Bosnian chess player, born 1964
- Vesna Girardi-JurkićCroatian archeologist, museologist and politician (1944–2012)
- Vesna Škare-OžboltCroatian politician, born 1961
- Vesna RadovićAustrian handball player, born 1954
More Russian girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Vesna mean?
- Borrowed from Russian Весна́ (Vesná), Ukrainian Весна́ (Vesná), Serbo-Croatian Ве̏сна /Vȅsna, etc. Doublet of Vasant and Basant, of Sanskrit origin.
- What is the origin of the name Vesna?
- Borrowed from Russian Весна́ (Vesná), Ukrainian Весна́ (Vesná), Serbo-Croatian Ве̏сна /Vȅsna, etc. Doublet of Vasant and Basant, of Sanskrit origin.
- Is Vesna a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 248 US babies named Vesna since 1880 were girls.
- When was Vesna most popular?
- 1968 in the United States, when 12 babies were named Vesna, its highest rank at 4,217th.
- How do you pronounce Vesna?
- Vesna is /vɛsnə/, 2 syllables.