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Вероника
“displaying her true image”
Вероника (Veroníka) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian and Macedonian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and SerbianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Veronica.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Вероника is Veronika written in Cyrillic. In Norwegian use, Veronika is a variant of Veronica. One Latin interpretation is “displaying her true image.”
Explained through its name family
Вероника’s family of names
In English usage, Вероника has a diminutive in Ronia. In Macedonian usage, Вероника has a conventional equivalent in the English form Veronica. In Russian usage, Вероника has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Veronika.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Вероника has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Вероника comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Вероника
- Veronika KudermetovaRussian tennis playerborn 1997
- Veronika DudarovaRussian conductor (1916-2009)
- Veronika SkvortsovaRussian neurologist and politicianborn 1960
- Veronika AndrusenkoRussian swimmerborn 1991
- Veronika MarchenkoRussian journalist and human rights activistborn 1969
- Veronika PodrezUkrainian female tennis playerborn 2007
- Veronika DolinaSoviet and Russian singer, poet, bardborn 1956
- Veronika BelotserkovskayaRussian writer and editorborn 1970
- Veronika DzhioevaSouth Ossetian operatic soprano singerborn 1979
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