Given name & surname · also Sanskrit
Vasu
“one who is bright; an excellent man”
Vasu is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “one who is bright; an excellent man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is bright; an excellent man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
The name draws on Sanskrit vasu, meaning “bright, beneficent, excellent”.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vasu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57
- 57 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 534 as a first name in 2020; 379 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vasu’s family of names
Vasu has a related form in Vasoo. Vasu has a related form in Vasue.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Vasu, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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