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I think this name radiates the "I'm not like any other girls" aura lol, and it also looks and sounds great.
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Also Biblical French: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vashti
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It sounds sweet!
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Vashti Bunyan, an English musician with beautiful music. Her full name is Jennifer Vashti Bunyan.
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My friend's mother has this name and she is a lovely and generous woman. I personally love this name and think it is quite beautiful and unique.
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Portuguese form is Vasti (pron. VAHS-tee). Never saw used outside the Bible though.
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Vashti is such an admirable character in the bible with her refusal to be objectified. I would love to name my daughter after her. The meaning 'lovely' is also very pretty. Despite it's ancientness, it has a modern sound to me.
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Interesting name. It gives me an Indian or South Asian vibe, though.
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Vash (rhymes with cash) Ti (rhymes with tie) Most people I have heard of with the name pronounce it this way. See: Vashti Cunningham.
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I know someone who pronounces it Vash-tye, which I think is more attractive than Vash-tee. It sounds warm and even sultry.
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This is a daring but gorgeous choice. Vashti in the Bible defied her husband's wishes so he divorced her to wed Esther.
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In the 1956 film "Giant" starring Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson, a rural Texan character is named Vashti. In the film it was pronounced "VASH-tye".
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"The Complete Book of Muslim and Parsi Names" by Maneka Gandhi and Ozair Husain lists Washti as a Persian name meaning "beauty; goodness", and writes that it is associated with the story of Esther. I assume that Washti is the Persian form of Vashti.
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There's something about this name that I really like, though I can't put my finger on what it is. For some reason, when I hear it, I picture a red-haired seamstress. The seamstress part could be due to it's meaning, but I don't know about the red hair.
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I have trouble saying this name, and I'm not sure why. It's nice though.
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There is a charchter named Vashti in E. M Forster's 'The Machine Stops'.
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Vashti Bunyan (b 1945) is an English singer-songwriter. Her first album, Just Another Diamond Day, has been extremely influential since its release in 1970.
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The singer Vashti Bunyan is a well-known bearer of this (very pretty) name.
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It is derived from the Persian root/word vashta, meaning good or beautiful. It is unique in the sense that it is one of the few proper names in the Tanakh to begin with the letter "waw."
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If it is indeed of Persian origin, it should be pronounced vash-TEE, not VASH-tee. It is a beautiful name.
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It sounds to me very sensual.
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I was looking up the name a few nights ago, and I found that it was indeed of Persian origin. The site I was looking on, which escapes me now, had it listed as meaning beautiful or pure.
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http://gypsygenealogy.org/2020/01/02/by-any-other-name/
https://www.geocities.ws/seraphim_angel_2002/Gray3.html -- Vashti Lee, born circa 1835 Norwich