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“she who brings victory”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Véronica is recorded as a first given name in France's civil registration statistics (INSEE, 1900–2025), given to girls; no dictionary entry is in our sources yet. It is the statistics spelling of Veronica, for which the cited sources give the meaning “she who brings victory”.
Meaning: “she who brings victory”
No etymology text in the cited sources.
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France (France métropolitaine et départements-régions d'outre-mer; avant 2012 France hors Mayotte), 2025: 5 girls (rank 4253).
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03 / By the numbers
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1900–2025 Spelling: VÉRONICA
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Source: Insee · Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
« VALEUR : fréquence arrondie au multiple de 5 le plus proche ». « La mise en place de cet arrondi, à partir de la diffusion de juillet 2025, est motivée par la variabilité de quelques unités d'une année à l'autre des fréquences et par la mise en œuvre des obligations relatives au secret statistique. » « En raison des arrondis, la somme des effectifs départementaux peut différer des effectifs régionaux ou nationaux. » Every observation is therefore valueStatus=rounded (verified: 0 rows with a count that is not a multiple of 5).
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1928 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1931 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | 5 | 1,558 | rounded |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | 5 | 1,638 | rounded |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | 5 | 1,591 | rounded |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | 5 | 1,767 | rounded |
| 1974 | 5 | 2,674 | rounded |
| 1975 | 5 | 1,811 | rounded |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | 5 | 2,272 | rounded |
| 1978 | 5 | 2,921 | rounded |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | 5 | 3,013 | rounded |
| 1982 | 5 | 2,957 | rounded |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | 5 | 3,240 | rounded |
| 1986 | 5 | 3,067 | rounded |
| 1987 | 5 | 2,367 | rounded |
| 1988 | 5 | 2,696 | rounded |
| 1989 | 5 | 3,113 | rounded |
| 1990 | 5 | 3,009 | rounded |
| 1991 | 5 | 2,929 | rounded |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | 5 | 4,304 | rounded |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,228 | rounded |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,764 | rounded |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | 5 | 7,111 | rounded |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,617 | rounded |
| 2016 | 5 | 6,341 | rounded |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,801 | rounded |
| 2018 | 10 | 3,014 | rounded |
| 2019 | 5 | 5,729 | rounded |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | 5 | 5,463 | rounded |
| 2022 | 5 | 6,072 | rounded |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,716 | rounded |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,253 | rounded |
Statistics count the spelling “VÉRONICA” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-07-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · LO-2.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Veronica— “true image”
The Latin _verus_ (true), and the Greek εἰκών (an image), were strangely jumbled together by the popular tongue in the name of a crucifix at Lucca, which was called the _Veraiconica_, or Veronica; and was that Holy Face of Lucca by which William Rufus, having probably heard of it from the Lombard Lanfranc, his tutor, was wont to swear. Another Veronica is the same countenance upon a piece of linen, shown at St. Peter’s. Superstition, forgetting the meaning of the name, called…
The Latin _verus_ (true), and the Greek εἰκών (an image), were strangely jumbled together by the popular tongue in the name of a crucifix at Lucca, which was called the _Veraiconica_, or Veronica; and was that Holy Face of Lucca by which William Rufus, having probably heard of it from the Lombard Lanfranc, his tutor, was wont to swear. Another Veronica is the same countenance upon a piece of linen, shown at St. Peter’s. Superstition, forgetting the meaning of the name, called the relic St. Veronica’s handkerchief, accounted for it by inventing a woman who had lent our Blessed Saviour a handkerchief to wipe His Face during the passage of the _Via dolorosa_, and had found the likeness imprinted upon it.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VI (Modern Names From The Latin), Section XXI (Roman Catholic Names) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
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