Vega
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning falling eagle.
Vega by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Vega. In the US, 53 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Vega. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Vega
Names that are said the same way as Vega, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Feigabird; a form of Fayge6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bird
Like Vega, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Alondralark; a form of Alondra844 in the US (2017)
- Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
- Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Vega
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