Given name & surname
Vega
“a falling star”
Vega is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “a falling star.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a falling star.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
From Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vega through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 936
- 190 boys · 746 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 63 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #4,539 for girls · #7,158 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,539 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 52 in 2019. It also appeared in 12 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 867 as a first name in 2020; 116,828 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.
Vega’s family of names
Vega has a related form in Vegah. In English usage, Vega as a surname has a related form in BEGA. In Greek usage, Vega as a surname is a transliteration of Βέγα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Vega
- Vega GimenoSpanish basketball player (born 1991)
- Vega TamotiaAustralian actressborn 1981
- Li WeijiaChinese actor and television hostborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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