Verena

Verena is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning True; honest.

What Verena means

True; honest.

Verena sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.

Where Verena comes from

Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.

Verena is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.

How popular is Verena?

You will not find Verena in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.

The character of Verena

The thread we file Verena under is faith — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.

Themes: Faith

Names like Verena

These share Verena's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

• Grace — Grace, elegance, divine favor.
• Verity — Truth.
• Arabella — Yielding to prayer; beautiful.
• Cecilia — Patroness of music.
• Celeste — Heavenly.
• Constance — Steadfast and constant.
• Domenica — Of the Lord; born on Sunday.
• Trinity — The holy three.
• Amadeus — Lover of God.
• Augustine — Great and venerable.
• Benedict — Blessed.
• Bennett — Blessed.

More Latin names

• Verbena — Sacred bough; the healing herb.
• Verity — Truth.
• Valentine — Strong and healthy.
• Vesper — The evening star.
• Valentina — Strong, healthy, brave.
• Victoria — Victory.
• Ursula — Little bear.
• Vincent — Conquering; prevailing.
• Urban — Of the city; refined.
• Violet — The violet flower; the color purple.