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:

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