English

Verity

Pronounced VAIR-ih-teeShare

Meaning: Truth

  • Girl
  • Uncommon
  • 3 syllables

The story

Verity is an English virtue name taken from the word for truth. Its vocabulary history reaches Latin verus, true, while its personal-name use belongs to English naming tradition.

Nicknames

  • Vee

Popularity

Uncommon

Outside the US top 1,000.

Style

Origins

Verity comes from English.

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