Baby name
Verity
/VEH · rih · tee/
Meaning
“Truth, true and real”
English word meaning truth, from Latin verus meaning true, real. Adopted as one of the virtue names by Puritans in the 17th century.
How it ages.
A dignified virtue name with steady, quiet use, old-fashioned but not dated.
The cultural moment.
Ranked 436th among girls' names in England and Wales in 2025.