Given name · also Old Galician-Portuguese
Verónica
Verónica is a feminine given name from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Late Latin. It is used in Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Verónica comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, and ultimately from Late Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Galician-Portuguese Veronica, from Late Latin Veronica.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Verónica’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Verónica has a diminutive in VERO. In Portuguese usage, Verónica shares an earlier linguistic root with Berenice. In Spanish usage, Verónica has a conventional equivalent in the English form Veronica.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Verónica has relatives in 17 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
9 related names in 17 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- VeronicaItalian, English
- VeronikaSwedish, Norwegian Bokmål
- Berenicedoublet · Portuguese
- Veroniqueequivalent
- WeronikaPolish, Upper Sorbian
- Веранікаequivalent
- Veranikaequivalent
- ΒερόνικαGreek
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People named Verónica
- Michelle Bacheletpresident of Chile from (2006–2010; 2014–2018)born 1951
- Verónica CastroMexican actress and singerborn 1952
- Verónica ForquéSpanish actress (1955–2021)
- Verónica EcheguiSpanish actress1983–2025
- Verónica BoqueteSpanish footballerborn 1987
- Verónica SánchezSpanish actressborn 1977
- Verónica CuadradoSpanish handball playerborn 1979
- Verónica MacamoMozambican politicianborn 1957
- Verónica LangerArgentine-born Mexican actressborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Verónica, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Proença
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Esperanza
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>99% girls
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França
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Serafiina
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>99% girls
Constança
“constancy”
>99% girls