Viridiana
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning green; a form of Viridis.
Babies a year
26
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Viridiana by the numbers
Viridiana was given to 26 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 233 babies in 1995, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that mean green
Like Viridiana, each of these has green in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Khloegreen shoot or verdant; a spelling variant of Chloe2,143 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Denverfrom Denafær, green valley488 in the US (2017)
- Emeraldthe green gemstone278 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Viridiana
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