Baby name
CLASSIC
🇦🇷 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 Verena
/vair · AY · nah/
Meaning
“Unknown”
Latin 'verena', possibly related to 'verus' (true) or connected to Saint Verena of Egypt; Swiss and Germanic saint tradition.
Nicknames
vera · rena
Vibe
warmtimeless
How it ages.
Verena is a specifically German-speaking and Scandinavian name, holding modest steady use through 20th-21st centuries.
The cultural moment.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria maintained Verena in moderate consistent top-100 use; minimal Anglophone adoption or modern growth.