Meaning and Origin
What does the name Verity mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- 5 submissions from the United States and the United Kingdom agree the name Verity means "Truth" and is of French / Latin origin.
- A user from the United Kingdom says the name Verity means "Truth or hope".
- The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact; truth; reality."The verityof certain words." [Shak.]"It is a proposition of eternal verity, that none can govern while he is despised." [South.]
- That which is true; a true assertion or tenet; a truth; a reality."Mark what I say, which you shall find By every syllable a faithful verity." [Shak.]
Etymology: F. vérité, L. veritas, fr. verus true. See Very
- An enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth
- Conformity to reality or actuality
- A female given name from English derived from the Latin for truth; one of the Puritan virtue names.