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

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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

* Vesna Čitaković (born 1979), Serbian volleyball player *

Vesna Dolonc Vesna Ratkovna Dolonc (Serbian Cyrillic and ; née Manasieva, Манасиева; born 21 July 1989) is a retired Serbian tennis player. She earned career-highs of 84 in singles and 93 in doubles. Career Dolonc began competing on the ITF Circ ...

(born 1989), Serbian tennis player *

Vesna Györkös Žnidar Vesna Györkös Žnidar (born 29 December 1977) is a Slovenian politician who was Minister of Interior in the Cabinet of Miro Cerar between 18 September 2014 and 13 September 2018. She is a member of the Modern Centre Party. Career Györkös Ž ...

(born 1977), Slovenian politician * Vesna Jovanovic (born 1976), American visual artist * Vesna Krmpotić (1932–2018), Croatian writer and translator *Vesna Main (born 1955) European writer * Vesna Milačić Kaja (born 1968), Montenegrin singer * Vesna Milanović-Litre (born 1986), Croatian handball player * Vesna Milošević (born 1955), Yugoslav handball player *

Vesna Mišanović Vesna Caselotti, née Mišanović, (born 27 November 1964 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. She was winner of the first ever medal for Bosnia and Herzegovina at the first Women's European Tea ...

(born 1964), Bosnian chess player *Vesna Parun (1922-2010) Croatian poet *

Vesna Pešić Vesna Pešić ( sr-Cyrl, Весна Пешић, ; born May 6, 1940) is a Serbian politician and sociologist. In February 2012, Vesna Pešić announced she would leave politics after parliamentary elections on 6 May 2012. Biography In the early ...

(born 1940), Serbian politician and sociologist *

Vesna Pisarović Vesna Pisarović (born 9 April 1978) is a Croatian pop and jazz singer. Life and career 1978–1999: Early life Pisarović was born in Brčko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia and grew up in Požega, Croatia. From her earliest childhood s ...

(born 1978), Croatian singer *

Vesna Pusić Vesna Pusić (; born 25 March 1953) is a Croatian sociologist and politician who served as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the centre-left cabinet of Zoran Milanović. She was Croatia's second female ...

(born 1953), Croatian politician and sociologist *

Vesna Radović Vesna Radović ( sr-cyrl, Весна Радовић, , born 7 September 1954 in Belgrade) is a former Yugoslav/Austrian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (o ...

(born 1954), Yugoslav/Austrian handball player *

Vesna Rožič Vesna Rožič (23 March 1987 – 23 August 2013) was a Slovenian chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in April 2006. Rožič was ranked the second best Slovenian female chess player, after Anna Muzychuk. ...

(1987–2013), Slovenian chess player *

Vesna Škare-Ožbolt Vesna Škare-Ožbolt (; born 20 June 1961) is a Croatian politician. She was the 10th Minister of Justice of Croatia from 2003 until 2006. She was the second female holder of that office, as well as the second consecutive woman after Ingrid An ...

(born 1961), Croatian politician * Vesna Teršelič (born 1962), Croatian peace activist * Vesna Trivalić (born 1965), Serbian actress *

Vesna Vulović Vesna Vulović ( sr-Cyrl, Весна Вуловић, ; 3 January 195023 December 2016) was a Serbian flight attendant who survived the highest fall without a parachute: or 33,333 feet. She was the sole survivor of JAT Flight 367 after an exp ...

(1950–2016), Serbian flight attendant * Vesna Zmijanac (born 1957), Serbian singer

Fictional people named Vesna

*Vesna, a character from the movie '' Loners''. * Vesna in ''

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''. *Vesna, a character from the game '' The Witcher''.

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