Given name
Veronia
“woman from Verona”
Veronia is a variant of Verona. One Italian interpretation is “woman from Verona.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Veronia is a variant of Verona. One Italian interpretation is “woman from Verona.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Veronia is a variant of Verona. A possible origin is Italian, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Veronia is a variant of Verona. The history of Verona gives this family its wider story. Verona appears as the daughter’s name in Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt. This literary use helped make the spelling familiar, without settling whether its origin is the place name or Veronica.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Veronia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 285
- 0 boys · 285 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 14 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 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 394 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.
Veronia’s family of names
Veronia has a related form in Verona.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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