Vesta

Vesta: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “hearth”
Origin: Latin
Say it: VES-tuh · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

From the name of the Roman goddess Vesta, guardian of the hearth and home. As a given name, it comes directly from classical mythology.

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How popular is Vesta?

20241.5 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Vesta in 20245

Peak year1894

Total US babies since 18808,208

Vesta is steady now but far below its 1894 peak.

Names like Vesta

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Vesta questions

What does the name Vesta mean?

Vesta means "hearth". It comes from Latin. From the name of the Roman goddess Vesta, guardian of the hearth and home. As a given name, it comes directly from classical mythology.

Is Vesta a boy or girl name?

Vesta is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Vesta?

5 US babies were named Vesta in 2024. Its peak year was 1894.

How do you pronounce Vesta?

Vesta is usually pronounced VES-tuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.