Veronica

Where Veronica comes from

From the Latin form of Berenice, from Ancient Greek Φερενίκη (Phereníkē). Influenced by the Church Latin phrase vera icon ("true image") associated with the veil of Saint Veronica, who wiped the face of Jesus on the way to Calvary, resulting in an image of his face miraculously appearing on the veil. Doublet of Berenice.
— Wiktionary's entry for Veronica
  • Ancient Greek
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #449 among girls — 14 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1922
    Veronica Lake born
    American actress
  3. 1959
    Veronica Guerin born
    Irish crime reporter
  4. 1981
    Peak, #68
    4,313 babies named Veronica — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #154.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Veronica Guerin · Irish crime reporter, 1959–1996
  • Veronica Lake · American actress, 1922–1973
  • Veronica Roth · American author, born 1988
  • Veronica Campbell-Brown · Jamaican track and field sprint athlete, born 1982
  • Veronica Cartwright · British actress, born 1949

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.