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Veronica (female)

Variants:Berenice (F) Veronika (F) Veronike (F) Véronique (F)
Diminutive(s):Una (F)
Pet Name(s):Ron (F) Roni (F) Ronnie (F) Vera (F)
Derivative(s):Vera (F) Verona (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English, from Latin "true image", from a bowdlerised form of Berenice.
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