Veda, pronounced VEE-duh, traces her luminous lineage to the Sanskrit root “vid,” meaning “to know,” the very heartbeat of the ancient Vedas—texts that read like civilization’s first instruction manual. Though born beside the Ganges, the name now sashays through American birth records with the poise of a flamenco dancer in Seville, never the loudest in the room yet always impossible to overlook; since the late-19th century she has fluttered steadily on the charts and, like a jazz soloist hitting a sweet crescendo, recently glided back into the mid-500s. Literary connoisseurs spot her in Nabokov’s pages, movie lovers meet her in the wistful world of “My Girl,” and yogis hear her echo in the soft Om of meditation, all of which adds layers of story to her syllables. Compact but mighty, Veda carries a promise of wisdom wrapped in warm charisma—think of her as a pocket-sized scroll of insight, spiced with a hint of Iberian sunshine, ready to turn every “¿por qué?” of childhood into a bright adventure.
| Former Indian cricketer Veda Krishnamurthy debuted at 18 in an ODI, scoring 51 runs as a right-handed batter and legbreak bowler. |
| Veda Shook is the former International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA and a veteran Alaska Airlines flight attendant. |