Veronica (variants in other languages: Veronika, Verónica, Verônica, Véronique, Weronika, Вероника) is a female

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

, a Latin alteration of the Greek name Berenice (Βερενίκη), which in turn is derived from 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 extensively used 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 The Ptolemaic dynasty (; grc, Πτολεμαῖοι, ''Ptolemaioi''), sometimes referred to as the Lagid dynasty (Λαγίδαι, ''Lagidae;'' after Ptolemy I's father, Lagus), was a Macedonian Greek royal dynasty which ruled the Ptolemaic K ...

of Egypt and by the Seleucids of the Levant. In medieval etymology, Veronica was sometimes supposed to derive from Latin ''vera'' (true) and Greek ''eikon'' (image).Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Veronica
/ref> Its popularity in medieval and modern times is derived from the prominence in Christianity of Saint Veronica and her Veil of Veronica. Pet forms of Veronica include Ronnie and Roni and the German Vroni. In Russian, the pet form is Nika (Ника). "Veronica" is a popular name in many countries in the Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, and also Ireland, France, and French-speaking Canada.

Given name

* Veronica (singer) (born 1974), American dance music singer * Veronica Ballestrini (born 1991), American singer * Veronica Belmont (born 1982), American Internet TV and webcasting host *Veronica Bennett (born 1943), American singer better known as Ronnie Spector *

Veronika Bromová Veronika Bromova, born on 12 August 1966 in Prague, is a Czech new-media artist who focuses on computer manipulating photographs by using the program Photoshop. She lives and works in Prague. She is working with genre themes, feminism, pedophilia ...

(born 1966), Czech painter *Veronika Buroňová, Czech weightlifter in

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* Veronica Campbell-Brown (born 1982), Jamaican track and field sprint athlete * Veronica Carlson (born 1944), English model and actress * Veronica Cartwright (born 1949), American actress * Verónica Castro (born 1952), Mexican actress *

Veronica Chou Veronica Chou (, also known as Veronica Sylvia Wing Wai Au Chou, born in ,1984) is a Chinese-American businesswoman. Early life Veronica Chou was born in Hawaii, United States. Her father is Silas Chou. Chou grew up in Hong Kong. She attended hi ...

(born 1984/1985), Hong Kong businesswoman *

Veronika Chvojková Veronika Chvojková (born 31 March 1987) is a Czech former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each play ...

(born 1987), Czech tennis player * Veronica de la Cruz (born 1980), American television news anchor * Veronica Perrule Dobson (born 1944), Australian linguist and ecologist *Veronica Duterte, the daughter of Philippine president

Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...

with Honeylet Avanceña *

Veronika Dytrtová Veronika Dytrtová (born 18 June 1980) is a Czech former competitive figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic ...

(born 1980), Czech figure skater *

Veronika Exler Veronika Exler (born 24 December 1990) is an Austrian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2017). She is a two-times Austrian Women Chess Champion (2013, 2018). Chess career Veronika Exler started playing che ...

(born 1990), Austrian chess player * Veronika Fenclová (born 1981), Czech sailor * Veronica Ferres (born 1965), German actress *Veronica Finn, member of American pop group Innosense 1997–2003 * Veronika Foltová (born 1980), Czech Paralympic athlete * Veronica Franco (1546–1591), poet and courtesan in 16th century Venice *

Veronika Freimanová Veronika Freimanová (born 24 September 1955 in Prague) is a Czech Republic, Czech stage, television and film actress. Freimanová is a graduate of Prague Conservatory and currently acts at Divadlo Bez zábradlí. Filmography * ''Sněženky a mach ...

(born 1955), Czech actress *Veronika Gajerová (active 1980–2008), Czech actress in ''

Housata ''Housata'' is a Czech language, Czech drama film directed by Karel Smyczek. It was released in 1980. Cast * Yvetta Kornová - Marie * Jaromíra Mílová - Sarka * Veronika Gajerová * Svatava Rádková * Irena Visnarová * Bozena Blahosová * D ...

'', ''

Who's That Soldier? ''Who's That Soldier?'' ( cs, Copak je to za vojáka...) is a Czech comedy film directed by Petr Tuček. It was released in 1987. Cast * Jiří Langmajer - Milan Kouba * Karel Roden Karel Roden (born 18 May 1962) is a Czech actor, popul ...

'' and ''

Dobrá čtvrť ''Dobrá čtvrť'' (''The Good District'') is Czech drama TV series, which ran from 2005 to 2008. Plot 18-year-old Zuzana must deal with leaving her friends behind, as her family moves from a palatial villa to a confining apartment. However, she ...

'' * Veronica Guerin (1958–1996), murdered Irish journalist * Veronica Giuliani (1660–1727), Italian mystic * Veronica Gorrie (born 1971/1972), Aboriginal Australian writer * Veronika Gut (1757–1829), Swiss rebel heroine * Veronika Harcsa (born 1982), Hungarian singer and songwriter *

Veronika Havlíčková Veronika Havlíčková (born 8 November 1987 in Broumov) is a Czech former pair skater. Skating with Karel Štefl between 2001 and 2004, she competed at the European Championships and on the Grand Prix series, and won a bronze medal on the Jun ...

(born 1987), Czech figure skater * Veronica Hazelhoff (1947–2009), Dutch writer * Veronika Hoferková (born 1982), Czech footballer * Veronica Hurst (1931–2022), English actress *

Veronika Ivasiuk Veronika Mykolaïvna Ivasiuk ( uk, Вероніка Миколаївна Івасюк, also transliterated Ivasyuk, born 12 October 1995) is a Ukrainian Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter, competing in the 58 kg category and representing U ...

(born 1995), Ukrainian weightlifter *Veronika Jeníková, Czech actress in ''

Vražda v salonním coupé ''Vražda v salonním coupé'' ( en, Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment) is a stage comedy play in the repertory of the Jára Cimrman Theatre. It was written by Zdeněk Svěrák and Ladislav Smoljak, and co-authorship is credited to the fictiona ...

'', ''

Bony a klid ''Bony a klid'' is a Czech drama film directed by Vít Olmer. It was released in 1987. Plot The film is set in Prague. Martin, a young man from Mladá Boleslav, becomes a victim of a fraud committed by Richard, a currency dealer (trading foreign ...

'' and ''

Victims and Murderers ''Victims and Murderers'' ( cs, Oběti a vrazi) is a 2000 Czech drama film directed by Andrea Sedláčková. It was entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Karel Roden as Miroslav * Ivana Chýlková as Jana * Monika Hil ...

'' * Veronica Johnson, American meteorologist *

Veronika Kormos Veronika Anna Kormos (born 17 August 1992) is a Hungarian bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's Continental Team . Kormos was the winner of the 2014 Hungarian National Time Trial Championships, ...

(born 1992), Hungarian cyclist *

Veronika Kropotina Veronika Borisovna Kropotina (russian: Вероника Борисовна Кропотина, born 2 January 1991) is a Russian former competitive figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figu ...

(born 1991), Russian figure skater *Veronika Kubařová, Czech actress in '' Lidice'' * Veronika Kudermetova (born 1997), Russian tennis player * Veronica Lake (1922–1973), American film actress *

Veronica Lindholm Veronica Lindholm (born 1984) is a Swedish politician. She served as member of the Riksdag from 29 September 2014 to 24 September 2018, representing the constituency of Västerbotten County Västerbotten County ( sv, Västerbottens län) is a co ...

(born 1984), Swedish politician * Veronika Machová (born 1990), Czech beauty pageant contestant * Veronica Maggio (born 1981), Swedish pop singer * Veronika Martinek (born 1972), German tennis player * Veronica Mehta (active since 1996), British Asian singer * Veronica Micle (1850–1889), Imperial Austrian-born Romanian poet *

Veronika Moos-Brochhagen Veronika Moos-Brochhagen (born April 3, 1961) is a German textile artist. She was born in Bensberg, Germany and lives and works in Cologne, Germany, and Audinghen, France. Moos-Brochhagen studied art at the Academy of Art in Mainz, Germany (class ...

(born 1961), German textile artist *

Veronika Morávková Veronika Morávková (born January 22, 1983, in Pardubice) is a Czech ice dancer. She is the 2002 and 2003 Czech champion with partner Jiří Procházka Jiří Procházka (; ; born October 14, 1992) is a Czech mixed martial artist. He curren ...

(born 1983), Czech ice dancer *

Veronica Merrell Veronica Jo Merrell-Burriss and Vanessa Jo Merrell (born August 6, 1996), known as the Merrell Twins, are American identical twin YouTubers, actresses, musicians and singers. Early years The Merrell Twins are identical twin sisters born in Kan ...

(born 1996), American actress and YouTuber *

Veronica Olivier Veronica Olivier (born 1 February 1990) is an Italian actor, actress and television personality. Career Olivier first became well known for her starring role in the 2009 Italian film ''Amore 14''. In 2010 she participated in the sixth season of ...

(born 1990), Italian actress * Verónica Orozco (born 1979), Colombian actress and singer *

Verónica Páez Verónica Natalia Páez (born April 17, 1974) is a female marathon runner from Argentina who is a two-time winner of the Buenos Aires Marathon in her native country (2003 and 2004). She twice won the Argentine title in the women's marathon, both t ...

(born 1974), Argentine marathon runner *

Veronika Part Veronika Part (born 21 February 1978) is a Russian ballet dancer. She is a former principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. She served as a ballet mistress for Atlanta Ballet during the 2019–20 season. Early life Veronika Part was born in ...

(born 1978), Russian ballet dancer * Veronica Perez (born 1988), Mexican footballer *

Veronika Pincová Veronika Pincová (born 15 November 1989) is a former Czech football defender, who played for Slavia Prague in the Czech Women's First League. She was a member of the Czech national team for over a decade. Pincová was voted footballer of the ...

(born 1989), Czech footballer * Veronika Poláčková (born 1982), Czech actress * Veronika Portsmuth (born 1980), Estonian conductor *

Veronica Pyke Veronica Pyke (born 11 April 1981) is an Australian former cricketer who played for Tasmanian Roar and Hobart Hurricanes. Early life From Orford on the east coast of Tasmania, Pyke first played senior cricket with the men's team in her home to ...

(born 1981), Australian cricketer *

Veronika Remenárová Veronika Remenárová (born March 16, 1997) is a Slovak basketball player. She has played for Valosun Brno and the Slovak national team. She participated at the EuroBasket Women 2017 The 2017 European Women Basketball Championship, commonl ...

(born 1997), Slovak basketball player *

Verónica Ribot Verónica G. Ribot-Canales' (born February 27, 1962) is a retired female diver from Argentina. She was selected by her country as a team member for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, but due to the Boycott of those Olympics by many countries includ ...

(born 1962), Argentine diver * Veronica Roth (born 1988), American dystopian author * Veronika Sabolová (born 1980), Slovak luger *

Veronika Šarec Veronika Šarec (born May 8, 1969 in Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former alpine skier. In her career, Šarec won one Alpine Skiing World Cup Slalom race, with seven podiums altogether. Her only win was the Haus im Ennstal Slalo ...

(born 1969), Slovenian skier *Veronica Scopelliti (born 1982), Italian singer Noemi *

Veronika Schmidt Veronika Hesse (née Schmidt; born 24 August 1952 in Harzgerode) is a former East German cross-country skier who competed from 1974 to 1982. She won two 4 × 5 km relay medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold in Lake Placid and a bronze ...

(born 1952), German skier *

Veronica Scott Veronica Scott (born November 19, 1986) is an American television personality, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. Scott is best known for being featured in the Current TV reality show ''The Fuchsia Girls'', which follows her personal and profess ...

(born 1986), American fashion designer, Fuchsia CEO, television personality *

Veronika Sprügl Veronika Sprügl (born 21 December 1987) is a Road bicycle racing, road cyclist from Austria. She represented her nation at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships. References External links profile at ''Procyclingstats.com''
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(born 1987), Austrian cyclist * Veronika Sramaty (born 1977), Slovak painter * Veronika Stallmaier (born 1964), Austrian skier * Veronica Taylor (active since 1997), American voice actress *

Veronika Valk Veronika Valk (born 21 November 1976 in Tallinn) is an Estonian architect. Biography Veronika Valk graduated from Tallinn 21. Keskkool with gold medal in 1994. She studied in the Estonian Academy of Arts in the department of architecture and c ...

(born 1976), Estonian architect *

Veronika Vařeková Veronika Vařeková (born 19 June 1977) is a Czech model. Her name in the English language press is often given as Veronica Varekova. Biography A native of Olomouc, Czech Republic, Varekova moved to New York City at the age of 19 to attend ...

(born 1977), Czech model * Veronika Velez-Zuzulová (born 1984), Slovak skier *

Veronica Vera Veronica Vera is an American human sexuality writer and actress. She is best known for the films ''Times Square Comes Alive'', Gerard Damiano's ''Consenting Adults'', ''Mondo New York'', and ''Rites of Passion'', as well as her work with photogr ...

(active since 1977), American sexuality writer and actress * Veronica Varlow (born 1979), American dancer and actress * Verónica Villarroel (active since 1989), Chilean opera singer *

Veronika Vítková Veronika Vítková (; born on 9 December 1988) is a Czech former biathlete. She comes from a family of skiers and switched from cross-country to biathlon at age 10. She competed for the Czech Republic at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. ...

(born 1988), Czech biathlete * Veronica Wagner (born 1987), Swedish gymnast * Veronika Žilková (born 1961), Czech actress *

Verónica Zondek Verónica Zondek (born 1953) is a Chilean poet and Translation, translator. Biography Zondek was born in Santiago in 1953 to Germans, German, Jews, Jewish, and Polish people, Polish parents. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in art history from the ...

(born 1953), Chilean poet and translator

In fiction

*Veronica Ashford, 1st Countess Ashford, a 19th-century British noblewoman and the founder of aristocratic Ashford family in '' Resident Evil – Code: Veronica'' * Veronica Lodge, a rich teenage girl in the Archie Comics universe *'' Veronica Mars'', a television series starring Kristen Bell as the title character * Veronica "Ronnie" Mitchell, a character from the television soap opera ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

'' *Veronica Sawyer, the protagonist of the 1988 cult teen film '' Heathers'' and its adaptations, including a

musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...

and television adaptation *Veronica is one of the "Macaw Sisters" in the musical '' Love Birds'' *Veronica, the protagonist of the Romanian children movies '' Veronica'' and '' Veronica Returns'' *Veronica Madaraki, the surgically manufactured "sister" of the title character in the '' Franken Fran'' manga * Veronica, the protagonist of a 1989

Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in ...

song of the same name, his highest-charting in the United States *Veronica Santangelo, a character in the video game '' Fallout New Vegas'' *Veronica Liones, a character in the manga series '' Nanatsu no Taizai'' *Veronica, the sister of Lance from the DreamWorks animated web show '' Voltron: Legendary Defender'' *Veronika, protagonist in popular novel

Veronika Decides to Die ''Veronika Decides to Die'' ( pt, Veronika Decide Morrer) is a novel by Paulo Coelho. It tells the story of Veronika, a 24-year-old Slovenian who appears to have everything in life going for her, but who decides to kill herself. This book is pa ...

by Paulo Coelho *Veronica, the protagonist of the first episode of Just Beyond *Veronica, one of the main characters from the video game '' Dragon Quest XI''

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