Girl · Croatian and Serbian
Vesna
Say it: VES-nah
Meaning
Slavic vesna 'spring (the season)'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Taken from the word for spring in the 19th century and very popular in Yugoslavia after 1945.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 228 babies given this name since 1963
- At its height in 1976, about 1 in 133,200 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Весна
| Slovene | Vesna |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Vesna |
| Macedonian | Vesna |
Famous bearers
- Vesna Vulović, Serbian flight attendant
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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