Given name & surname
Verita
“one who is truthful”
Verita is a variant of Verity. One Latin interpretation is “one who is truthful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Verita is a variant of Verity. One Latin interpretation is “one who is truthful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Verita is a variant of Verity. An origin associated with Verity is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Verita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 165
- 0 boys · 165 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 206 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Verita, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
Gretta
“resembling a pearl”
>99% girls
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“strong and valiant”
>99% girls
Marita
“star of the sea” · “from the sea of bitterness”
>99% girls
Risa
“one who laughs often”
>99% girls
Dea
“resembling a goddess”
>99% girls