Vea
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Vea by the numbers
Vea was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Vea
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Vea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Verafaith; or from latin for truth1,153 in the US (2017)
- Vedaknowledge, wisdom, sacred knowledge314 in the US (2017)
- Vegafalling eagle9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Velasails; also a southern constellation16 in the US (2017)
- Viaby way of; the road3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Venavein; blood vessel10 in the US (2017)