Vesna

See also: vesna

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Весна (Vesna), Ukrainian Весна (Vesna), Serbo-Croatian Ве̏сна, etc. Doublet of Vasant and Basant, of Sanskrit origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛsnə/

Proper noun

Vesna

1. A mythological female character associated with youth and springtime in early Slavic mythology.
2. A female given name of Eastern European usage

Translations

female given name

• Russian: Весна (ru) f (Vesna)
• Serbo-Croatian: Vesna f
• Ukrainian: Весна (uk) f (Vesna)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vesna (“spring”), deified as a Slavic goddess of spring, birth and renewal.

Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔαρ (éar), Old Norse vár, Lithuanian vasara, Sanskrit वसर् (vasar, “morning”) and वसन्त (vasantá, “spring”), Persian بهار (bahâr, “spring”), Old Armenian գարուն (garun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêsna/
• Hyphenation: Ves‧na

Proper noun

Vȅsna f (Cyrillic spelling Ве̏сна)

1. a female given name

Declension

    Declension of Vesna

	singular	plural
nominative	Vesna	Vesne
genitive	Vesne	Vesna
dative	Vesni	Vesnama
accusative	Vesnu	Vesne
vocative	Vesno	Vesne
locative	Vesni	Vesnama
instrumental	Vesnom	Vesnama

Further reading

• “Vesna”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛ̀ːsna/

Proper noun

Vésna f

1. a female given name

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	Vesna
gen. sing.	Vesne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Vesna	Vesni	Vesne
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Vesne	Vesen	Vesen
dative (dajȃlnik)	Vesni	Vesnama	Vesnam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Vesno	Vesni	Vesne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Vesni	Vesnah	Vesnah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Vesno	Vesnama	Vesnami

Further reading

• “Vesna”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025