Vashti

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Origin and Meaning of Vashti

User Submitted Origins

Persian/Iranian

75%

Native American

8%

Hebrew

8%

Hindu

8%

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User Submitted Meanings

1. A submission from California, U.S. says the name Vashti means "Beautiful or desired one or thread in native american" and is of Native American origin.
2. According to a user from Jamaica, the name Vashti is of Persian / Iranian origin and means "Beautiful, thread".
3. A user from New York, U.S. says the name Vashti is of Persian / Iranian origin and means "Most likely means 'beautiful.'. Might also mean 'goodness, excellent woman, best of women.'. It is not a Hebrew name, but past attempts to interpret it as such translates it as meaning 'that drinks' or 'thread.'".
4. According to a user from South Dakota, U.S., the name Vashti is of Persian / Iranian origin and means "Beautiful one".
5. A submission from Hawaii, U.S. says the name Vashti means "Starfish".

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Borrowed from Hebrew וַשְׁתִּי‬‎ (vaštī)

1. A queen of Persia. (biblical character)
2. A female given name from Persian of biblical origin.

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Fun Facts about the name Vashti

• How Popular is the name Vashti? Vashti is the 6,581^st most popular name of all time.
• How many people with the first name Vashti have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2021, the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,305 babies born with the first name Vashti in the United States. That's more than enough people named Vashti to occupy the territory of Norfolk Island (Australia) with an estimated population of 2,302 (as of August 9, 2011).
• What year were 5 or more babies first named Vashti? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1882 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
• When was Vashti first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Vashti is Friday, February 3rd, 1871.
• What year had the most people named Vashti born? The highest recorded use of the first name Vashti was in 1922 with a total of 40 babies.
• Random Vashti Factoid: According to the 1996 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Vashti is not a popular baby girl's name in New York. Imagine that, only 5 babies in New York have the same name in 1996.
• Weird things about the name Vashti: The name spelled backwards is Ithsav. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Sativh. How do you pronounce that?

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