Vasti

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Usage

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]

Vasti	♀
Wasti	♀

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

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

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Country	Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[4]	83	175	0	0
Denmark^[5]	1	n.a.	0	n.a.
Norway^[6]	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland^[7]	n.a.	3	0	0
^#: 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.

Sources: ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi