Given name · also Old Galician-Portuguese
Verônica
Verônica is a feminine given name from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Late Latin. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Verônica 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)
Verônica’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Verônica shares an earlier linguistic root with Berenice. In Portuguese usage, Verônica has a conventional equivalent in the English form Veronica. In Portuguese usage, Verônica has a related form in Verónica.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Verônica has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Verônica
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Similar names
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>99% girls
Constança
“constancy”
>99% girls