Verity….

[Violetlondon]

What’s the verdict on Verity? Potential nicknames? Do you know any under 5? Would also appreciate suggestions of other names. (Girl and boy)
Last baby. Siblings are Imogen, Louisa and Nathaniel (Immy, Lou and Nate )

Verity is lovely. ❤️

Verity is gorgeous

i also love Felicity nn Lissy and Clemency nn Clemmie

Our Verity is a teen now, sometimes called V but not often. Felicity was also on the list.

When she was younger she was very taken by the fact that her name was a proper word in the dictionary!

Like it.

Love it, think it's very elegant.
It was on my list but we went with another.

I love it. I like the nn Veri, like very

Verity is sweet with your other names.
She might like Vera, Vere, VT, Vee, Veri

I have a Verity in her 30s. I love her name and have never shortened it. However, her older sister couldn't pronounce it when she was born, so she was called Ferret for years. Teenage friends called her Vezza (yeuch). Grandchildren (her nephews) call her Hetty Hetty which I love. All very 'outing' but I honestly don't think I know anyone on Mumsnet in real life so blah.

I can't for the life of me see the attraction of this name. Does nobody else not immediately think of ferrets when they hear it?

I knew a Verity at school. Everyone just called her the full name, Verity. I think virtue names can be used for snarky comments when they don't live up to them, but most kids probably wouldn't know what verity was until they are past the age they'd likely make fun of it. It's different and a fine baby name. Not to my taste but nothing wrong with it.

I think the connection to the word Ferrety must be a regional thing. As the pronunciation would be so different where I’m from. I think it’s nice

My friends little girl is Fiadh pronounced Fia.

Love verity!

Lovely name and Vee or Etty are great nicknames. It goes well with your other children too

I've only ever heard "Ferrety" mentioned about Verity on Mumsnet 😂It would never have occurred to me. How often would anyone use/hear that adjective in daily life anyway? Maybe if the name was "Verret" I might see it as an issue...

I love the name personally (it was on my girls list)- first saw it in an Agatha Christie novel as child, and thought it was lovely and elegant even then. I also like that it's a subtle virtue name - not an especially obvious one like Hope, Faith etc in case she isn't very truthful 😆

Love it!

Not ferrets, but the only Verity I know was a bit of a nymphomaniac when we were students and had a very peculiar laugh like violent hiccups in a rising octave, so that kind of colours it for me.

I was at school with one. She was known as Vez or Vezza

I don’t like it, personally. Reminds me of Verity Treacle, the Kenny Everett character.

Love but got vetoed by DH.

I’ve only known two Verity’s and they are both lovely , maybe that’s coloured my view of the name but I really like it. Neither were shortened by the way zz

Haha! Love that! Mine and my children's names are also in the dictionary (mine is out of common usage though), and we are all Scrabble-acceptable too.

I love Verity. I know one of 20 (occasionally gets V, or T (as in the end sound of the name) but usually just Verity) and one in her fifties, just Verity. Absolutely beautiful name. Truly (haha) gorgeous.
I do love a virtue name.