Vesna () is a
Slavic female name derived from the name of
Vesna, an ancient Slavic goddess of spring. It means "
spring" in some Slavic languages. It is in use in
Croatia
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North Macedonia
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Serbia
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Montenegro
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Slovenia
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Russia
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Ukraine
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Bulgaria
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Czech Republic
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, and
Slovakia
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Poland
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(as ''Wiosna'', ''Wesna'', and ''Vesna'').
In Croatia, the name Vesna was the second most common feminine given name between 1960 and 1969, while appearing among the most common ones in two earlier decades as well.
People named Vesna
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Vesna Čitaković (born 1979), Serbian volleyball player
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Vesna Dolonc (born 1989), Serbian tennis player
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Vesna Györkös Žnidar (born 1977), Slovenian politician
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Vesna Jovanovic (born 1976), American visual artist
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Vesna Krmpotić (1932–2018), Croatian writer and translator
*Vesna Main (born 1955) European writer
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Vesna Milačić Kaja (born 1968), Montenegrin singer
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Vesna Milanović-Litre (born 1986), Croatian handball player
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Vesna Milošević (born 1955), Yugoslav handball player
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Vesna Mišanović (born 1964), Bosnian chess player
*Vesna Parun (1922-2010) Croatian poet
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Vesna Pešić (born 1940), Serbian politician and sociologist
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Vesna Pisarović (born 1978), Croatian singer
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Vesna Pusić (born 1953), Croatian politician and sociologist
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Vesna Radović (born 1954), Yugoslav/Austrian handball player
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Vesna Rožič (1987–2013), Slovenian chess player
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Vesna Škare-Ožbolt (born 1961), Croatian politician
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Vesna Teršelič (born 1962), Croatian peace activist
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Vesna Trivalić (born 1965), Serbian actress
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Vesna Vulović (1950–2016), Serbian flight attendant
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Vesna Zmijanac (born 1957), Serbian singer
Fictional people named Vesna
*Vesna, a character from the movie ''
Loners''.
* Vesna in ''
Alien Nation''.
*Vesna, a character from the game ''
The Witcher''.
See also
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Slavic names
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic peoples, Slavic countries.
The main types of Slavic names:
* Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', ''Niemir, Němir/měr''), * ...
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References
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Bosnian feminine given names
Bulgarian feminine given names
Serbian feminine given names
Croatian feminine given names
Macedonian feminine given names
Slovene feminine given names
Czech feminine given names
Slovak feminine given names
Russian feminine given names
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Ukrainian feminine given names