Vesna (given name)
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, North Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Slovenia. It is also given in Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. It rarely appears in Poland.
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, Serbian volleyball player
- Vesna Dolonc, Serbian tennis player
- Vesna Györkös Žnidar, Slovenian politician
- Vesna Jovanovic, American visual artist
- Vesna Krmpotić, Croatian writer and translator
- Vesna Main European writer
- Vesna Milačić Kaja, Montenegrin singer
- Vesna Milanović-Litre, Croatian handball player
- Vesna Milošević, Yugoslav handball player
- Vesna Mišanović, Bosnian chess player
- Vesna Parun Croatian poet
- Vesna Pešić, Serbian politician and sociologist
- Vesna Pietrzak, Polish rhythmic gymnast
- Vesna Pisarović, Croatian singer
- Vesna Pusić, Croatian politician and sociologist
- Vesna Radović, Yugoslav/Austrian handball player
- Vesna Rožič, Slovenian chess player
- Vesna Škare-Ožbolt, Croatian politician
- Vesna Teršelič, Croatian peace activist
- Vesna Trivalić, Serbian actress
- Vesna Vulović, Serbian flight attendant
- Vesna Zmijanac, 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.