Veronica

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish

Origin and Meaning

Latin form of Berenike ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Later, it has been associated with Church Latin phrase vera icon = 'the true image' ^[2]

Related Names

Veronica	♀
Veronicka	♀
Veronika	♀
Veróníka	♀
Veronique	♀
Véronique	♀

See also Ika, Ronja, Ronny, Vera, Verona

Name Days

Denmark

4 February

Faroe Islands

4 February

Further Information

Namesakes

Veronica Sandra Karin Maggio, Swedish singer (* 1981)

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[5]		8970	15659	0	0
Norway[6]		2958	3584	0	0
Denmark[7]		454	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[8]		n.a.	1517	n.a	1
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[5][7][6][8]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[6]:

Sources: ^{[5] [7] [6] [8]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
3. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
4. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi