Thoughts on the name Verity?

[PeachesPearsPlums]

I’m leaning towards it but worried about lack of nickname potential! Would love to hear thoughts

My first best friend at nursery school was called Verity back in the mid seventies so I’ve always liked it. I like virtue names generally, especially Constance & Prudence. I love Unity, though would never have used it, far too Mitfordian!

The Verity I knew was nicknamed Veg as a teenager. I liked both the name and the nickname.

I like it. For some reason I always partner it in my mind with Meredith.

Lovely name.. have known 3 .., one no nickname, one just V, the other was always called Fizz .. so nothing to do with her name...
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my bestie is a Verity, we were at primary together now mid 50s. Sometimes her name is shortened to ‘Vi’. She’s a hoot, and very wise, just a very lovely person all round. It’s a good name.

I think it's lovely and I know plenty of three syllable girls and women of all ages who go by the full name - Violet,Vanessa, Sophia, Katherine, Alison...

What book?

I love the name Verity, I would shorten it to Vee if necessary.

It’s the name of the main charity group for PCOS if that bothers you at all!

Here's the Verity sculpture in Ilfracombe.
www.ilfracombecarlton.co.uk/stay/verity/

We have a cow called Verity, she's a very nice cow! I think it's a pretty name and Vee is a likely nickname.

I think it’s lovely!

lovely name no need for a nickname

Not a fan of virtue names, so it's not for me.

Love Verity! Elegant, yet with a slightly quirky feel, along the lines of Felicity - but being shorter and only 3 syllables it probably won’t get a nickname like that often does (I have a 3 syllable name that isnt shortened but I feel the 4+ ones nearly always are). If you really want one, then I’d guess “Vee” occasionally gets used or maybe “Vivi”.

Really love the meaning too, I’m always surprised Verity is so underused - I first saw the the name as a child when I read an Agatha Christie novel (err, she was the victim so maybe don’t read it actually ) and loved it even then. Also surprised at the “Ferrety” thing as it’s not exactly a common adjective so not one I would have thought about - I guess if kids are that determined to tease, they will find anything about a name (I’m guessing therefore most Lucas must get Mucus and Isabelle’s called Is a smell etc but doesn’t seem to have harmed their popularity 🤣).

Love it, one of my favorites.

Could be a Vee or a Tee I know people who go by both and it works.

Love the idea of Ritzy

I really like it. I know one in her 20’s who is always Verity and doesn’t have a nickname. Some friends tried calling her Vee in her early teens and she shut that down right away. To me it’s a strong name.

❤️ it

I like it. But it's quite unusual.

I met a Verity in a nightclub once while off my face and went round telling her how much I loved her name (and probably trying to stroke her arm).

I still love the name.

How weird. I know sisters with these names!

Ferrety

It's a nice name, @PeachesPearsPlums , and doesn't need a diminutive.

I absolutely love it! I know a 9yr old Verity who is fab and really suits her name.

Children don't shorten names above 2 syllables automatically any more. I think longer names used to be more unusual but now the typical length is 3-4 syllables and kids are unfazed (think of Olivia and Amelia, top 2 for the last 20 years practically and, while they can be shortened, they mostly aren't). Verity will be known as Verity by her friends.

@MsGoodenough , they probably do. Consider just how much MNers want 'options' and 'nn'.

Colleen Hoover. Psychosexual mystery. Hugely popular in the U.S. Movie with Anne Hathaway and Dakota fanning being released in 2026.

verity is not a name I would touch with a 10 foot pole if I was pregnant right now