Entry № 11226 · Latin origin

Verena Verena — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ veh-RAY-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"True / sacred (Saint Verena of Zurzach)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "true / sacred (saint verena of zurzach)".

Verena is from the Latin verus (true) — also possibly Germanic origin. Saint Verena of Zurzach (c. 260-c. 344) — Egyptian-Swiss Christian saint; came to Switzerland with the Theban Legion (3rd century); one of the most-revered Swiss patron saints; her shrine at Zurzach in canton Aargau has been a major pilgrimage site for over 1,600 years; she is the patron saint of midwives, sailors, and persons with leprosy; her feast day is September 1; one of the female saints of Swiss Christianity. Princess Verena of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen — modern German royal. Verena Kerth — German model. Verena Pooth — German TV personality.

True / sacred.

The name in its native script.

Verena
Transliteration
Verena
Pronunciation
/ vəˈreɪ.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Verena stands.

Verena does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Verenas before her.

Real people
Saint Verena of Zurzach
Egyptian-Swiss Christian saint.
c. 260 – c. 344
Verena Stefan
Swiss-Canadian feminist writer.
1947 – 2017
In fiction
Verena Tarrant
Henry James's The Bostonians.
1886

Names connected to Verena.

The number behind Verena.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Verena reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.