Veronica

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Вероника in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 1 more, Veronika in CZ Czechia, HU Hungary, PL Poland and 1 more, Veronique in FR France and Вероніка in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Veronica is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name173K records spelled Veronica8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Verónica, Verônica, Verònica, Véronica, Verönica

• Indonesian given name35K records spelled Veronica7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Verónica, 'Veronica, Véronica, Verônica, Verònica

• Romanian given name35K records spelled Veronica4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Moldova, Romania, United States, Italy

  Also written Verónica, Veronică

• Finnish given name15K records spelled Veronica5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Hungary, Sweden

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Verónica, Verônica

• Kazakh given name4.9K records spelled Veronica22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kazakhstan, United States, Spain, Russia

  Languages: Kazakh, Turkish, Kyrgyz

  Also written Вероника, Veronika, Verónica, Veronicã, Verônica

• a separate given name3.2K records spelled Veronica3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Norway, Tanzania

  Also written Verónica, Verônica

69 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Veronica is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Latin form of Berenice, influenced from an early date by association with the Church Latin phrase vera icon ‘true image’, of which this form is an anagram. The legend of the saint who wiped Christ's face on the way to Calvary and found an image of his face imprinted on the towel seems to have been invented to account for this derivation. Pet form: Ronnie.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, Stesso nome di Berenice, dal macedone phere-nike, ‘apportatrice di vittoria’.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Dal greco Bereníkē, reinterpretato come Veronica; nome cristiano.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In German, holy name; from St. Veroni

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Veronica Lakeb. 1922USAmerican actress (1922–1973)
• Shirley Basseyb. 1937GBnot in their usual nameWelsh singer
• Ronnie Spectorb. 1943USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (1943–2022)
• Veronica Cartwrightb. 1949GBBritish actress
• Michelle Bacheletb. 1951CLnot in their usual namepresident of Chile from (2006–2010; 2014–2018)
• Veronica Lariob. 1956ITItalian actress
• Madonnab. 1958USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (born 1958)
• Noemib. 1982ITnot in their usual nameItalian singer, screenwriter and music video director (1982-)
• Veronica Rothb. 1988USAmerican author
• Jisoob. 1995KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer-songwriter, actress, and model (born 1995)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,550 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Veronica?

We estimate roughly 730 thousand people bear Veronica (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Veronica have the most bearers?

Veronica is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled veronica.

Where is Veronica most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Veronica is densest in Lithuania — about 1 in 91 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Veronica compared with other names?

In Argentina, Veronica is the 53rd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Veronica a male or female name?

Veronica is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Veronica mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin ‘true image’; sometimes found in Ireland, from reverence for Saint Veronica who wiped Christ’s face.