Veronica (name)
For other uses, see Veronica (disambiguation).
| Veronica | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation |
/vəˈrɒnᵻkə/ Spanish: [beˈɾonika] |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek, Latin, Spanish |
| Meaning | she who brings victory, true image |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Bernice, Berenice |
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Veronica is a female given name, the Latin transliteration of the Greek name Berenice, Βερενίκη.[1] This was 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".[2][3] The Ancient Macedonian form of the name was popularized because of its extensive use 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 of Egypt and by the Seleucids of Asia. In medieval etymology, Veronica was sometimes wrongly supposed to derive from Latin vera (true) and Greek eikon (image).[4] Its popularity in medieval and modern times is based mainly on the importance in Christianity of Saint Veronica and her Veil of Veronica. Pet forms of Veronica include Ronnie and Roni and the German Frony, as well as Vicki.
List of persons with the given name Veronica
- Saint Veronica
- Veronica (singer), American dance music singer
- Veronica Ballestrini, American singer
- Veronica Belmont, Internet TV and webcasting host
- Veronika Bromová, Czech painter
- Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican track and field sprint athlete
- Veronica Carlson, English model and actress in Hammer horror films.
- Veronica Cartwright, American actress
- Verónica Castro, Mexican actress
- Veronica De La Cruz, CNN News anchor
- Veronica Ferres, German actress
- Veronica Finn, former pop singer
- Veronica Franco, poet and courtesan in sixteenth-century Venice
- Veronika Freimanová, Czech actress
- Veronika Gajerová, Czech actress
- Veronica Guerin, murdered Irish journalist
- Veronica Giuliani, Italian mystic
- Veronika Grombířová, Czech cyclist
- Veronika Jeníková, Czech actress
- Veronika Kánská, Czech actress and librarian
- Veronika Kubařová, Czech actress
- Veronica Lake, American film actress
- Veronica Maggio, Swedish pop singer
- Veronica Mehta, British Asian singer
- Verónica Orozco, Colombian actress and singer
- Verónica Páez, Argentine marathon runner
- Veronica Perez, Mexican footballer
- Veronica Powers, child singer and actress
- Veronica Rayne, American pornographic actress
- Verónica Ribot, Argentine diver
- Veronica Roth, American dystopian author
- Veronica Scopelliti, also known as Noemi, an Italian singer
- Veronica Scott, American fashion designer, Fuchsia CEO, television personality
- Veronika Švábová, Czech artist and actress
- Veronica Taylor, American voice actress
- Veronica Vera, American sexuality writer and actress
- Veronica Varlow, American dancer and actress
- Verónica Villarroel, Chilean opera singer
- Veronica Williams, Australian football soccer player
- Veronika Wallinger, Austrian skier
- Veronika Žilková, Czech actress
List of persons with the given name Bereniké/Berenice
Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens and royal daughters in Cyrenaica and Egypt
- Berenice I of Egypt (c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC), mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt
- Berenice II of Egypt (267 or 266 BC – 221 BC), daughter of Magas of Cyrene, wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellation Coma Berenices
- Berenice III of Egypt (120–80 BC), daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt; she first married Ptolemy X of Egypt, and later Ptolemy XI of Egypt
- Berenice IV of Egypt (77–55 BC), daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and elder sister of Cleopatra VII
- Berenice (Seleucid queen) (died 246 BC), daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos
- Berenice (daughter of Ptolemy II of Telmessos) (3rd to 2nd century BC), great-granddaughter of Ptolemy I Epigone
Judean princesses
- Berenice (daughter of Salome) (1st century BC), daughter of Salome I, a sister of Herod the Great. and mother of Herod Agrippa I
- Berenice (28-?), a daughter of Herod Agrippa I, wife of Herod of Chalcis till 48, then spent much of her life at the court of her brother Agrippa II
- Berenice (after 50-?), daughter of another daughter of Herod Agrippa I
Modern World
- Berenice Abbott, American photographer
- Bérénice Bejo, French-Argentine actress
- Berenice Celeyta, Colombian human rights activist
- Berenika Koukalová, Czech doctor
- Berenika Kohoutová, Czech actress and singer
- Bérénice Marlohe, French actress
- Maé-Bérénice Méité, French figure skater
- Berenika Saudková, Czech painter
- Berenika Suchánková, Czech actress
- Berenice Sydney, British artist
In fiction
- Veronica Lodge, 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
- Veronica Sawyer, played by Winona Ryder in the 1980s' teenage cult classic Heathers
- Veronica is one of the "Macaw Sisters" played by Joanna Sawyer in the original 2015 Edinburgh cast of Love Birds: the musical
- Veronica Reed, dominatrix mother of main character Marten Reed in the webcomic Questionable Content
- Veronica Madaraki, the surgically manufactured "sister" of the title character in the Franken Fran manga
- Veronica, protagonist of a 1989 Elvis Costello song, his highest-charting in the United States.[5]
- Veronica Parker, a character from the television series Mona the Vampire
References
- ↑ Harper, Douglas (November 2001). "Veronica". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
- ↑ Names of Greek origin
- ↑ Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Berenice
- ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Veronica
- ↑ "Veronica" - Elvis Costello - Chart History. Billboard.com. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
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