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Vesa

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See also: vesa, VESA, vēsa, and vēsā

Finnish

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Etymology

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The given name is a 19th-century invention from vesa (young tree). The surname is older, derived from names of farms.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋesɑ/, [ˈʋe̞s̠ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -esɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): Ve‧sa

Proper noun

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Vesa

  1. a male given name
    • 2003, Johanna Sinisalo, Sankarit, Tammi, →ISBN, page 12:
      Vesa antaisi mitä tahansa että häntä sanottaisiin Veskuksi tai Vesseksi tai vaikka edes helvetti vieköön Vesseliksi, mutta vain Vessa ja sen versiot sinkuvat ilmassa ja kaikuvat korvakäytävissä, silloinkin kun niitä ei huudeta. Vaikka hänen sukunimensä on Kuningas ja siitä saisi vaikka mitä.
      Vesa would give anything just to be called Vesku or Vesse or damn it even Vesseli, but only Vessa and its variants fly through the air and echo in the ear canals, even when not called. Even if his surname is Kuningas [king] and that could pay for anything.
    • 2011, Heli Laaksonen, Peippo vei, Otava, →ISBN, page 24:
      ei jaks kiältäytyy ko joka metänpuu kysy kummiks mukulalles,
      onne
      Ritva, Virpi, Varpu, Urpu, Visa, Vesa, Syränkäpy
      onne
      toivotta
      karhu aa) ja karhu pee).
      ain't gonna say no when 'a tree' asked to be the godparent for your kid
      grats
      Ritva, Virpi, Varpu, Urpu, Visa, Vesa, Syränkäpy
      grats
      by
      bear A and bear P
    • 2013, Minna Lindgren, Kuolema Ehtoolehdossa, Teos, →ISBN, page 8:
      Sinähän niin pidät Terosta, Siiri. Oliko hänen nimensä Tero vai Pasi? Oletteko huomanneet, että nuorten miesten nimet ovat nykyään tällaisia kirveeniskuja: Tero, Pasi, Vesa, Tomi.
      Seeing as you like Tero so much, Siiri... was he named Tero or Pasi? Haven't you noticed that all young men have these names that are like axe blows: Tero, Pasi, Vesa, Tomi.
  2. a Finnish surname from landscape

Declension

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Inflection of Vesa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Vesa Vesat
genitive Vesan Vesojen
partitive Vesaa Vesoja
illative Vesaan Vesoihin
singular plural
nominative Vesa Vesat
accusative nom. Vesa Vesat
gen. Vesan
genitive Vesan Vesojen
Vesain rare
partitive Vesaa Vesoja
inessive Vesassa Vesoissa
elative Vesasta Vesoista
illative Vesaan Vesoihin
adessive Vesalla Vesoilla
ablative Vesalta Vesoilta
allative Vesalle Vesoille
essive Vesana Vesoina
translative Vesaksi Vesoiksi
abessive Vesatta Vesoitta
instructive Vesoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Vesa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Vesani Vesani
accusative nom. Vesani Vesani
gen. Vesani
genitive Vesani Vesojeni
Vesaini rare
partitive Vesaani Vesojani
inessive Vesassani Vesoissani
elative Vesastani Vesoistani
illative Vesaani Vesoihini
adessive Vesallani Vesoillani
ablative Vesaltani Vesoiltani
allative Vesalleni Vesoilleni
essive Vesanani Vesoinani
translative Vesakseni Vesoikseni
abessive Vesattani Vesoittani
instructive
comitative Vesoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Vesasi Vesasi
accusative nom. Vesasi Vesasi
gen. Vesasi
genitive Vesasi Vesojesi
Vesaisi rare
partitive Vesaasi Vesojasi
inessive Vesassasi Vesoissasi
elative Vesastasi Vesoistasi
illative Vesaasi Vesoihisi
adessive Vesallasi Vesoillasi
ablative Vesaltasi Vesoiltasi
allative Vesallesi Vesoillesi
essive Vesanasi Vesoinasi
translative Vesaksesi Vesoiksesi
abessive Vesattasi Vesoittasi
instructive
comitative Vesoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Vesamme Vesamme
accusative nom. Vesamme Vesamme
gen. Vesamme
genitive Vesamme Vesojemme
Vesaimme rare
partitive Vesaamme Vesojamme
inessive Vesassamme Vesoissamme
elative Vesastamme Vesoistamme
illative Vesaamme Vesoihimme
adessive Vesallamme Vesoillamme
ablative Vesaltamme Vesoiltamme
allative Vesallemme Vesoillemme
essive Vesanamme Vesoinamme
translative Vesaksemme Vesoiksemme
abessive Vesattamme Vesoittamme
instructive
comitative Vesoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Vesanne Vesanne
accusative nom. Vesanne Vesanne
gen. Vesanne
genitive Vesanne Vesojenne
Vesainne rare
partitive Vesaanne Vesojanne
inessive Vesassanne Vesoissanne
elative Vesastanne Vesoistanne
illative Vesaanne Vesoihinne
adessive Vesallanne Vesoillanne
ablative Vesaltanne Vesoiltanne
allative Vesallenne Vesoillenne
essive Vesananne Vesoinanne
translative Vesaksenne Vesoiksenne
abessive Vesattanne Vesoittanne
instructive
comitative Vesoinenne
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Statistics

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  • Vesa is the 46th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 14,971 male individuals (and as a middle name to 2,757 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
  • Vesa is the 766th (tied with 1 other surname) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 1,144 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.