Verity

Verity (alias Veretie, Verety, Verita, Veritie, etc.) is a female first name and a surname. As a first name it derives from the Latin feminine noun veritas, meaning "truth". It is thus an equivalent of Alethea, a female first name first used in England circa 1585, derived from the ancient and modern Greek feminine noun αλήθεια (pronounced "al-ee-thia"), meaning "truth". It was adopted in England as a Puritan and Quaker virtue name, truthfulness being considered as a desirable attribute especially in a female, and following a new Protestant tradition of naming children after virtues instead of saints in order to avoid idolatry.

For other uses, see Verity (disambiguation).
Verity
PronunciationVer·i·ty
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameOld French
Meaning"Truth"
Region of originEngland
Other names
Short form(s)Vez or Vezza, Vita, Vee
Related namesVeretie, Verety, Verita, Veritie

Verity is also a surname, which may have more ancient unrelated origins, possibly being a corruption of a similar word.[1]

First name

Surname
  • Hedley Verity (1905–1943), English cricketer
  • John Verity (born 1949), English guitarist
  • Ruggero Verity (1883–1959), Italian physician and entomologist
  • William Verity, Jr. (1917–2007), American businessman and government official
Other
  • Verity (sculpture), a bronze statue made by Damien Hirst
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gollark: Thus, customers bad revert to force feeding people day old meat.
gollark: Thus, customers bad revert to feudalism.

References
  1. Surnames had been adopted by families in England centuries before the Puritan era
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