Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Vasti

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic form of וַשְׁתִּי (Washtiy), a Hebrew name of uncertain origin. Theories include:

1) Hebrew name meaning 'thread' [1]

2) Persian name meaning 'beautiful' [2]

Related Names

Vasti ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Finish Norwegian Swedish
Wasti ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway: late 18th century (Røyken in Buskerud) [2]
Finland: 1876 [3]

Bible

In the Old Testament, Vasti is the first wife of King Ahasverus of Persia before he marries Esther

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[4]
67 149 67 149 0 0
Denmark Denmark[5]
2
n.a.
 2
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Finland Finland[6]
n.a.
 3
n.a.
 3 0 0
Norway Norway[7]
0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 0
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[8]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Vasti.


References

  1. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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