Veronica

Veronica is a female given name, the Latin transliteration of the Greek name Berenice, Βερενίκη. This was the Macedonian form of the Athenian Φερενίκη, Phereníkē, or Φερονίκη, Pheroníkē, from φέρειν, phérein, to bring, and νίκη, níkê, "victory", i.e. "she who brings victory". The Ancient Macedonian form of the name was popularized because of its extensive use as a royal feminine name by the reigning dynasties of the states of the Diadochi of Alexander the Great throughout the Eastern Mediterranean during the Hellenistic age, most notably by the Ptolemies of Egypt and by the Seleucids of Asia. In medieval etymology, Veronica was sometimes wrongly supposed to derive from Latin vera (true) and Greek eikon (image). Its popularity in medieval and modern times is based mainly on the importance in Christianity of Saint Veronica and her Veil of Veronica. Pet forms of Veronica include Ronnie and Roni and the German Frony. In Russian, the pet form is Nika (Ника).

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Fem. proper name, French Veronique, a variant of Greek Berenike (see Berenice). The popular "Saint Veronica" (not in the Roman Martyrology) traditionally was a pious woman who wiped the face of Christ when he fell carrying the cross to Calvary. The image of his face remained on the cloth, and the "veil of Veronica" has been preserved in Rome from the 8c. Her popularity rose with the propagation of the Stations of the Cross, and this connection led to the folk-etymology derivation of the name from Latin vera "true" + Greek eikon "image." Some also identified her with the woman with the issue of blood, cured by Christ, as in the East this woman was identified from an early date by the name Berenike. Hence vernicle (mid-14c.) "picture of the face of Christ," from Old French veronicle, variant of veronique "St. Veronica's cloth."

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Latin alteration of Berenice: true image, bringing victory, victory bringer.

Berenice, Bernice

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Veronica Lake	1922	Actress
2	Veronica Cartwright	1949	Actress
3	Veronica Avluv	1972	American pornographic actress
4	Veronica Roth	1988	American author
5	Veronica Lodge
6	Veronica Porsche Ali	1955	Film, television actress, psychologist
7	Veronica Hamel	1943	American actress
8	Veronica Hart	1956	American pornographic actress
9	Veronica Taylor	1965	US voice actress
10	Veronica Guerin	1958	Irish crime reporter
11	Veronica De Laurentiis	1950	Actress
12	Saint Veronica		Christian saint
13	Veronica Franco	1546	Italian poet and courtesan
14	Veronica Maya	1977	Italian television presenter
15	Veronica Cooper	1913	American actress
16	Veronica Campbell-Brown	1982	Jamaican track and field sprint athlete
17	Veronica Belmont	1982	American audio engineer
18	Veronica Rayne	1976	American pornographic actress
19	Veronica Portillo	1977	American model
20	Veronica Puccio	1988	Italian actress
21	Veronica Webb	1965	American model
22	Veronica Mars		Fictional character
23	Veronica Ferres	1965	German actress
24	Veronica Lario	1956	Italian actress
25	Veronica Moser	2000	Austrian pornographic actor
26	Veronica Maggio	1981	Swedish singer
27	Veronica Yoko Plebani	1996
28	Veronica Cale
29	Veronica Ballestrini	1991	American singer-songwriter
30	Veronica Gedeon		American model
31	Davina Veronica	1978	Indonesian actress
32	Veronica Dunne	1995	American child actor, film actor and actor
33	Veronica Carlson	1944	Actress
34	Veronica Giuliani	1660	Capuchin mystic
35	Veronica Foster	1922
36	Veronica Donovan		Fictional human
37	Veronica Yip	1966	Hong Kong actress
38	Veronica Miriel	1955	Spanish actress and painter
39	Veronica Mehta		Indian singer
40	Veronica Lueken	1923	Roman Catholic activist
41	Veronica Milsom		Radio presenter
42	Veronica van Hoogdalem	1989	Dutch presenter / journalist
43	Veronica	1974	American dance music singer and theatrical actress
44	Veronica Gervaso	1974	Italian journalist
45	Veronica Ricci	1988	American actress
46	Veronica Wedgwood	1910	English historian
47	Veronica Buffon	1975
48	Veronica Kristiansen	1990	Norwegian handball player
49	Veronica De La Cruz	1980	Television news anchor
50	Veronica Mazza	1973	Italian actress
51	Veronica Bella	1974	Hungarian pornographic actress
52	Veronica Rodrigues	1953	Indian geneticist
53	Veronica Hurst	1931	English film, stage, and television actor
54	Veronica Roberts		British actress
55	Veronica Vasicka		American radio personality
56	Veronica Schneider	1978	Model and actress
57	Veronica Blume	1977	Spanish actor and model
58	Veronica Freeman	1977	American musician
59	Veronica Micle	1850	Romanian writer
60	Veronica Redd	1948	American actress
61	Veronica Lauren	1980	Actress
62	Veronica Pedrosa		Filipino journalist
63	Mother Veronica of the Passion	1823	English convert, Carmelite nun and foundress
64	Veronica Vera		American actress, writer
65	Veronica Brazil	1958	Brazilian pornographic actress
66	Joslyn James	1977	American pornographic actress
67	Veronica D'Agostino	1987	Italian actress
68	Veronica Brady	1929	Australian Religious Sister and writer
69	Veronica Marchi	1982	Italian singer-songwriter
70	Veronica Varlow	1979	American actress
71	Veronica Doran	1948	Actress
72	Veronica Lazar	1938	Italian actress
73	Veronica Hults	1998	American gymnast
74	Veronica Cannizzaro	1970	Italian television presenter, actor and voice actor
75	Veronica Jett	1982	American pornographic actress
76	Veronica Andreassen	1983
77	Veronica Gambara	1485	Italian poet and stateswoman
78	Veronica Forrest-Thomson	1947	British writer
79	Veronica Wadley	1952	British journalist
80	Veronica Henry	1963	British writer
81	Veronica Maclean	1920
82	Veronica Buckley	1956	British biographer
83	Veronica Tennant	1946	Canadian ballet dancer
84	Veronica Logan	1969	British actress
85	Veronica of Milan	1445	Italian saint
86	Veronica Pivetti	1965	Actress
87	Veronica Mainetti
88	Veronica Rotin	2004	Maltese singer
89	Veronica Jacques	1987	American fashion model
90	Veronica Townsend
91	Veronica German	1957	British politician
92	Veronica Antico	1978	French actress
93	Veronica Bertolini	1996	Italian rhythmic gymnast
94	Veronica Rose	1911	British actress
95	Veronica Scott	1986	American fashion designer
96	Veronica Sywak	1984	Australian actress
97	Veronica Geng	1941	American editor and writer
98	Veronica White	1963	American writer
99	Veronica Burton	1952	British tennis player
100	Veronica Wagner	1987	Swedish artistic gymnast
101	Veronica Ann Cross	1950	British beauty pageant winner
102	Veronica van Heyningen	1946	Geneticist who specialises in the etiology of anophthalmia
103	Veronica Whall	1887	British artist
104	Veronica Pimenoff	1949	Finnish author
105	Veronica Castiñeira
106	Veronica Stallwood	2000	British writer
107	Veronica Carstens	1923	German First Lady
108	Veronica Pershina	1966	Figure skater
109	Veronica Nunn	1957	American singer
110	Veronica Palm	1973	Swedish politician
111	Veronica Hardstaff	1941	British politician
112	Veronica Kay	1980	American surfer
113	Veronica Tentori	1985	Italian politician
114	Veronica Sutherland	1939	British diplomat
115	Veronica Alvarez	1983	American baseball player
116	Veronica Clarke		Figure skater
117	Veronica Bonilla	1962	Children´s writer
118	Veronica V. Jones		American artist
119	Veronica Ljosnes	1992	Mako Veronica
120	Veronica Antonelli	1974	French singer
121	Veronica Cochelea	1965	Romanian rower
122	Veronica Vanoza	1982	Czech pornographic actor
123	Veronica Brenner	1974	Freestyle skier
124	Veronica Fish
125	Veronica Becker		Television producer, television writer
126	Veronica Olivier	1990	Italian actress
127	Veronica Grace Boland	1899	American politician
128	Veronica Kedar	1984	Israeli actor and film director
129	Veronica L. Turner	1950	American politician
130	Veronica Zorzi	1980	Professional golfer
131	Veronica Dahl	1951	Canadian computer scientist
132	Veronica Strong-Boag	1947	Canadian historian
133	Véronica Codesal	1977	Belgian singer
134	Veronica Linklater	1943	British life peer
135	Veronica Akselsen	1986	Norwegian singer
136	Veronica Pyke	1981
137	Veronica Björnstrand	1953	Swedish actress
138	Veronica Perrule Dobson	1944
139	Master of Saint Veronica		German painter
140	Veronica Bennett	1953	English children's novelist
141	Veronica Curtin		Camogie player
142	Veronica Inglese	1990	Italian athlete
143	Veronica Kaup-Hasler	1968	German intendant
144	Veronica Wägner	1947	Swedish author
145	Veronica Bulshefski	1916	American nurse
146	Veronica Sbergia	1977	Italian singer and musician
147	Veronica de Klerk	1947	Namibian activist
148	Veronica McCann	1983	Speedway race driver
149	Veronica Alicino	1960	American actress
150	Veronica Penny		Canadian spelling bee competitor
151	Veronica Dillon	1949	American lawyer
152	Veronica Porumbacu	1921	Romanian poet, prose writer and translator
153	Veronica Reyes	1974	Mexican singer
154	Veronica Nyaruai	1989	Kenyan distance runner
155	Veronica Ventavoli	1979	Italian singer
156	Veronica Smith	1942	Fencer
157	Veronica Abrahamse	1980	South African shotputter
158	Veronica Williams		Association footballer
159	Veronica Ryan	1956	Montserrat-born British artist
160	Veronica Schildt Bendjelloul	1944	Swedish translator
161	Veronica Roso	1976
162	Veronica Chater		American writer
163	Veronica Seton-Williams	1910	Australian anthropologist and archaeologist (1910-1992)
164	Veronica Vaida		American physicist
165	Veronica Gajownik	1993	American baseball player
166	Veronica Calabrese	1987	Olympic taekwondo practitioner
167	Veronica Necula	1967	Romanian rower
168	Veronica Burns	1914
169	Veronica Minati	1983	Italian volleyball player
170	Veronica Lindholm	1984	Swedish politician
171	Veronica DiCarlo Wicker	1930	United States federal judge
172	Veronica Maglia	1989	Footballer
173	Veronica Turleigh	1903
174	Veronica Castang	1938	British actress
175	Nicola Veronica	1905	American artist
176	Veronica Borsi	1987	Italian hurdler
177	Veronica Angeloni	1986	Italian volleyball player
178	Veronica Privitera	1988	Italian association football player
179	Veronica Rocca	1964	Italian actress
180	Veronica Vernocchi	1978
181	Veronica Napoli	1990	American association football player
182	Veronica Planella	1963	Canadian field hockey player
183	Veronica Andrèasson	1981	Cyclist
184	Veronica Kelly	1985	Australian handball player
185	Veronica Rossi	1978
186	Veronica Piris	1986	Italian singer
187	Veronica Herța	1979	Moldovan economist and politician
188	Veronica Stele	1977
189	Veronica Hendrix		American journalist
190	Veronica Neave	2000	Australian actress
191	Veronica Belfanti	1994	Italian association football player
192	Veronica Strong
193	Veronica Helfensteller	1910
194	Veronica Hedenmark	1977
195	Veronica Vdovicenco	1985	Olympic swimmer
196	Veronica Fanciulli	1994	Italian sailor
197	Veronica Giacomel	1993
198	Veronica Karlsson	1981
199	Veronica Rehn-Kivi	1956
200	Veronica Herber