Veronica
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning true image or true likeness.
How Veronica has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #368 |
| 2016 | #410 |
| 2017 | #380 |
| 2018 | #357 |
| 2019 | #358 |
| 2020 | #386 |
| 2021 | #432 |
| 2022 | #405 |
| 2023 | #410 |
| 2024 | #392 |
| 2025 | #427 |
Veronica by the numbers
In 2025, 48 babies in England and Wales were named Veronica. In the US, 817 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 4,381 babies in 1980, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1975, about 1 in 380 American girls born that year was called Veronica.
Names that come from Veronica
Forms of Veronica in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Veronica. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean truth
Like Veronica, 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)
- 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)
- Justinejust or righteous; feminine form of Justin98 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Veronica
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