Verity

Verity: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “truth”
Origin: Latin
Say it: VAIR-ih-tee · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

Verity comes from Latin veritas 'truth' via English vocabulary use. It is a virtue name in the English naming tradition.

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How popular is Verity?

202432.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Verity in 2024107

2024 rank#1,866 girls

Peak year2020

Total US babies since 18801,706

Verity is rising: use over the last five years is 2.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Verity

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Novanew · Latin

Verity questions

What does the name Verity mean?

Verity means "truth". It comes from Latin. Verity comes from Latin veritas 'truth' via English vocabulary use. It is a virtue name in the English naming tradition.

Is Verity a boy or girl name?

Verity is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Verity?

107 US babies were named Verity in 2024. Its peak year was 2020.

How do you pronounce Verity?

Verity is usually pronounced VAIR-ih-tee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.