Given name & surname
Vesa
“resembling a young tree; a sprout”
Vesa is used as a given name and a surname. One Finnish interpretation is “resembling a young tree; a sprout.”
Original FinnishVesku
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Finnish interpretation is “resembling a young tree; a sprout.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Finnish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vesa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 45
- 0 boys · 45 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #10,065 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,065 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 167 as a first name in 2020; 162 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.
Vesa’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Vesa has a nickname in Vesku.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Vesa
- Vesa ToskalaFinnish ice hockey goalieborn 1977
- Vesa HakalaFinnish ski jumperborn 1968
- Vesa HietalahtiFinnish biathleteborn 1969
- Vesa ViitakoskiFinnish ice hockey player and coachborn 1971
- Vesa VasaraFinnish footballerborn 1976
- Vesa VierikkoFinnish actorborn 1956
- Vesa PulliainenFinnish association football player (1957-2010)
- Vesa RantaFinnish drummerborn 1973
- Vesa KoskelaSwedish boxer (born 1960)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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