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.
"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.
― Anonymous User 7/6/2012
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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.
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.
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."
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.
― Anonymous User 9/26/2005
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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