Given name & surname
Vlasta
“a friendly and likeable woman”
Vlasta is used as a given name and a surname. One Slavic interpretation is “a friendly and likeable woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “a friendly and likeable woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vlasta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 873
- 0 boys · 873 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 62 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 girls is 7 in 1938. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 62 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 298 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vlasta’s family of names
In Czech usage, Vlasta has a diminutive in Vlastinka. Vlasta has a related form in Vlastah. Vlasta has a related form in Vlastea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Vlasta
- Vlasta ChramostováCzech actress (1926–2019)
- Vlasta Děkanovágymnast (1909-1974)
- Vlasta DepetrisováCzechoslovak table tennis player1920–2003
- Vlasta Foltovágymnast (1913–2001)
- Vlasta KálalováCzech entomologist and doctor (1896–1971)
- Vlasta FabianováCzech actress (1912-1991)
- Vlasta VelisavljevićSerbian actor (1926-2021)
- Vlasta MatulováCzechoslovak actress (1918–1989)
- Vlasta PavićCroatian politicianborn 1957
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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