Vesa (name)

Vesa is a unisex given name. It is used as a masculine given name and a surname in Finland. Notable people with the name are as follows:

Given name

Male

• Vesa Hanski (born 1973), Finnish swimmer
• Vesa Heikinheimo (born 1983), Finnish football player
• Vesa Hellman (born 1970), Finnish wheelchair curler
• Vesa Jokinen (born 1970), Finnish singer
• Vesa Kanniainen (born 1948), Finnish academic
• Vesa Kokko (born 1964), Finnish wheelchair curler and curling coach
• Vesa Koskela (born 1960), Swedish boxer
• Vesa Lahtinen (born 1968), Finnish ice hockey player
• Vesa Leppänen (born 1951), Finnish wheelchair curler
• Vesa Mäkäläinen (born 1986), Finnish basketball player
• Vesa Mäkipää, Finnish ski-orienteering competitor
• Vesa-Matti Loiri (1945–2022), Finnish actor and musician
• Vesa Pulliainen (1957–2010), Finnish football player
• Vesa Ranta (born 1973), Finnish drummer
• Vesa Rantanen (born 1975), Finnish pole vaulter
• Vesa Rosendahl (born 1975), Finnish speed skater
• Vesa Tauriainen (born 1967), Finnish football player
• Vesa Toskala (born 1977), Finnish ice hockey player
• Vesa Törnroos (1982–2020), Finnish sports shooter
• Ville-Vesa Vainiola (born 1985), Finnish ice hockey player
• Vesa Välimäki (born 1968), Finnish academic
• Vesa Vasara (born 1976), Finnish football player and manager
• Vesa Vierikko (born 1956), Finnish actor
• Vesa Viitakoski (born 1971), Finnish ice hockey player
• Vesa Ylinen (born 1965), Finnish motorcycle rider

Female

• Vesa Luma (born 1986), Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter

Surname

• August Vesa (1878–1918), Finnish journalist and politician
• Emilia Vesa (born 2001), Finnish ice hockey player
• Yrjö Vesa (1898–1967), Finnish engineer and businessman