Given name & surname · also Greek
Vesta
Vesta is a feminine given name from Middle English, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in English and Estonian.
Original GreekΒέστα
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and Greek naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.
How it developed
From Middle English Vesta, from Latin Vesta, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
In mythological stories, Vesta is associated with the goddess of the hearth, home, and family.
Vesta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,208
- 27 boys · 8,181 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 257 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −14%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 257 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,004 as a first name in 2020; 160 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.
Vesta’s family of names
In English usage, Vesta shares a linguistic root with the Ancient Greek form Ἑστία. Vesta has a related form in Vessy. Vesta has a related form in Vest.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Vestievariant
- Vestvariant
- Vesteriavariant
- Vessyvariant
- Vestivariant
- Vesteyvariant
- Vestyvariant
- Vesteavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Vesta
- Vesta WilliamsAmerican R&B singer (1957-2011)
- Vesta TilleyEnglish music hall performer and male impersonator (1864–1952)
- Vesta M. RoyAmerican politician (1925-2002)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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