# Verona (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/verona/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /vɪˈɹəʊnə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,314 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,314 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 43, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Verona, from Latin Vērōna.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 4,909 |
| 2012 | 29 | 4,953 |
| 2013 | 32 | 4,533 |
| 2014 | 22 | 5,980 |
| 2015 | 24 | 5,645 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,971 |
| 2017 | 36 | 4,143 |
| 2018 | 25 | 5,303 |
| 2019 | 38 | 3,913 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,942 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6,946 |
| 2022 | 19 | 6,452 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,153 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6,380 |
| 2025 | 25 | 5,227 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,802 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |

## People named Verona

- Verona van de Leur, Dutch former gymnast, adult movie performer
- Verona Elder, British athlete

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.