Verity

Verity
	Truth by Alfred Schwarzschild.
Gender	feminine rarely masculine
Origin
Word/name	Old French
Meaning	truth
Region of origin	England
Other names
Related names	Veretie, Verety, Verita, Veritie

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[1] 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.

Verity is also a surname, which may have more ancient unrelated origins, possibly being a corruption of a similar word.[2]

First name

Verity Crawley (born 1994), English professional bowler
Verity Barton (born 1985), Australian (Queensland) politician
Verity Firth (born 1973), Australian politician
Verity James, Australian TV and radio presenter
Verity Lambert (1935–2007), English television producer
Verity Laughton (born 1952), Australian playwright
Verity Rushworth (born 1985), English actress
Verity Sharp (born 1970), English broadcast radio personality
Verity Snook-Larby (born 1970), English race walker

Fictional characters

Verity Poldark-Blamey, recurring character in the 2015 television series Poldark
Verity Price, character in the InCryptid novel series
Verity Simone Carlo, character in the IDW Publishing Transformers comic series

Surname

Anthony Verity (born 1939), English educationalist and classical scholar
Charlotte Verity (born 1954), British painter
Elsie Eleanor Verity (1894–1971), "The First Lady of the motor trade"
Hedley Verity (1905–1943), English cricketer
Hugh Verity (1918-2001), British RAF and SOE pilot
Jake Verity (born 1997), American football player
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
Verity (ship), e.g. List of shipwrecks in 2023#October

References

Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 270. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
Surnames had been adopted by families in England centuries before the Puritan era

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[1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 270. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

[2] Surnames had been adopted by families in England centuries before the Puritan era