Given name & surname
Veronica
“displaying her true image”
Veronica is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “displaying her true image.”
Original LatinBerenice
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “displaying her true image.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
In Italian usage, Veronica is a feminine form of VERONICO. In English usage, Veronica developed from Φερενίκη.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Veronica through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 224,609
- 834 boys · 223,775 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 4,407 babies
- 2025
- 730
- #427 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 730 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 427 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 4,378 in 1980. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (85). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 234,659 as a first name in 2020; 610 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Veronica’s family of names
Veronica has an affectionate form in Ronnie. In English usage, Veronica shares an earlier linguistic root with Berenice. In Norwegian usage, Veronica has a related form in Veronika.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Veronica has relatives in 38 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Veronica comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 40
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Berenicevariant · Latin, English
- Ronniediminutive · English
- Ronnidiminutive · English
- Veronikavariant · Swedish, Norwegian
- Veronashort form
- Vonniediminutive · English
- Veroniquevariant
- Verronicalikely variant
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- Verniediminutive · English
- Vironicavariant
- Verinicavariant
- Varonicavariant
- Veronicevariant
- Veronnicavariant
- Veronickavariant
- Veronicvariant
- Veronnevariant
- Veronkiavariant
- Veronkavariant
- Vironiquevariant
- Vironikavariant
- Vironiquavariant
- Verohnicavariant
- Verhonicavariant
- Varonikavariant
- Veroniquavariant
- Veraniquevariant
- Veronichavariant
- Veroniccavariant
- Veronicahvariant
- Veruszhkavariant
- Verukavariant
- Vyronikavariant
- Vyroniquevariant
- Vyroniquavariant
- Vroniquevariant
- Vroniquavariant
- Vronikavariant
- Vronicavariant
- Vyronicavariant
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Nikarelated form
- WeronikaPolish, Upper Sorbian
- Beronicarelated form
- Veranikaequivalent
- Weronkaequivalent
- Ronikeequivalent
- ΒερόνικαGreek
- Véroniquecognate · French
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- VerónicaSpanish, Portuguese
- Weronikiarelated form
- Verónikaequivalent
- Веранікаequivalent
- ВероникаRussian, Macedonian
- VerônicaPortuguese
- VéronicaEnglish
- Φερενίκηroot · Ancient Greek
- ВеронікаUkrainian
- Верони́каRussian
- VerònikaLithuanian
- 베로니카Korean
- ヴェロニカJapanese
- ΒερενίκηGreek
- ვერონიკაGeorgian
- VerònicaCatalan
- Верані́каBelarusian
- ՎերոնիկաArmenian
- وِيرُونِيكَةArabic
- وَرْنِيقَةArabic
- فِيرُونِيكَاArabic
- Veronicomasculine form · Italian
- Veronikecognate
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Veronica
- NoemiItalian singer-songwriter and television presenterborn 1982
- Veronica GuerinIrish crime reporter (1958-1996)1959–1996
- Veronica LakeAmerican actress (1922–1973)
- Veronica RothAmerican authorborn 1988
- Veronica Campbell BrownJamaican track and field sprint athleteborn 1982
- Veronica CartwrightBritish actressborn 1949
- Randy CrawfordAmerican jazz and R&B singerborn 1952
- Veronica FerresGerman actress (born 1965)
- Veronica FrancoItalian poet and courtesan (1546-1591)
Characters named Veronica: Veronica Donovan (fictional human), Veronica Lodge (Archie Comics character), Veronica Mars (Veronica Mars), Roulette (DC Comics villainess).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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