Verity
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning truth, truthfulness, honesty.
Babies a year
92
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#436
92 babies · down from #408
Verity by the numbers
In 2025, 92 babies in England and Wales were named Verity. In the US, 72 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 73 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Verity. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean truth
Like Verity, each of these has truth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Verafaith; or from latin for truth1,153 in the US (2017)
- Justicejustice; fairness; virtue name1,100 in the US (2017)
- Veronicatrue image or true likeness817 in the US (2017)
- Aminahtrustworthy, honest, peaceful81 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amenso be it; truth; certainty131 in the US (2017)
- Justycejustice, fairness; a respelling of Justice with archaic -yce ending118 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Verity
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