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What does Veronica mean?
Veronica 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced ver-RON-ni-kah. It is of Greek and Latin origin, and the meaning of Veronica is "victory bringer". Variant of Berenice, influenced by Latin vera icon "true image". Saint Veronica (17th century) was an Italian mystic and saint. She was said to have offered Jesus a cloth to wipe his face as he faltered on his way to crucifixion. She obtained a miraculous "true image" of Jesus' face on the cloth. The name first appeared in Britain in the 17th century, and spread beyond Catholic families in the 19th century. Actress Veronica Lake. Also form of Bernice.
ASSOCIATED WITH greek, victory, true, saint, 17th century, britain (england), 19th century, lake (river)
Variations
VARIANTS Rana, Ranna, Roni, Ronica, Ronika, Ronna, Ronnee, Ronni, Ronnica, Ronnie▼, Ronny, Veera, Veira, Vera▼, Veranica, Veranique, Verinique, Vernice▼, Vernicka, Vernika, Verohnica, Verohnicca, Verona▼, Veronice, Veronicka, Veronika, Veronike, Veroniqua, Veronique, Veronka, Veronqua, Vonnie
SEE ALSO Nike
RELATION VIA BERENICE Berenisa
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Veronica Precious (V.P.), ..
How popular is Veronica?
Veronica is a very popular first name for women (#158 out of 4276, Top 4%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#39824 out of 150436, Top 26%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Veronica reached its apex rank of #70 in the U.S. during 1980-1989, and is at #357 presently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Veronica (#357 FROM RECENT DATA) are Vera (#257), Berenice, Bernice, Rana, Roni, Ronna, Ronni, Ronnie, Vernice, Verona, Veronika and Vonnie. Adoption of these forms of Veronica was common during the years 1910-1919 (AVERAGE #1186) and is now much reduced (#1739, ▼87%), with forms like Vernice going out of style.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Aerica, Begonia, Beonca, Beranice, Bernicia, Bernina, Bernita, Beyonca, Bronia, Denica, Derica, Derrica, Donica, Eroica, Fronia, Gerica, Gerrica, Heroica, Jenica, Jennica, Jerica▼, Jerona, Jerrica▼, Lamonica, Leonia, Merona, Monica▼, Nenica, Nennica (see Neneca), Nerolia (see Nerola), Petronia, Petronija (see Petra), Sedonia, Serofina, Terenia, Terica, Terosina, Tonica, Valonia, Varenka, Varinka, Varona, Veedonia (see Vidonia), Veenia, Venia, Venice, Venicia, Venita, Vennice, Vennisa, Verbeina (see Verbena), Verbina, Verena, Verginia, Verica, Verina, Verinka (see Vera), Verita, Verna▼, Verneta (see Verna), Vernie▼, Vernis, Vernise, Vernisha, Vernita, Verochka, Veron, Verone, Veroshka, Verowna (see Verona), Veryna, Vidonia and Vinica. These names tend to be less commonly used than Veronica.
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