Veronica is a female given name, the Latin form of the Greek name Berenice, Φερονίκη, which in turn is derived from Greek pherein (bring) and nikê (victory), meaning "she who brings victory". In medieval etymology, Veronica was sometimes wrongly supposed to derive from Latin vera (true) and Greek eikon (image). Its popularity in medieval and modern times is based mainly on the importance in Christianity of Saint Veronica and her Veil of Veronica.

Media

• Radio Veronica
• Veronica

Music

• Veronica , American dance singer
• "Veronica" , by Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney
• Veronica Mehta, British Asian singer
• The Veronicas, a twin-sister pop rock group from Australia
• Verónica Orozco, Colombian actress and singer
• "Media Verónica" , by Andrés Calamaro

Fiction

• Veronica is a 2005 novel by Mary Gaitskill
• Veronica Lodge, a rich teenage girl in the Archie Comics universe
• Veronica Mars, a television series starring Kristen Bell as the title character
• Saint Veronica
• Veronica Belmont, Internet TV and webcasting host
• Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican track and field sprint athlete
• Veronica Cartwright, American actress
• Veronica Castro, Mexican actress
• Veronica De La Cruz, CNN News anchor
• Veronica Finn, former pop singer
• Veronica Franco, poet and courtesan in sixteenth-century Venice
• Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist
• Veronica Giuliani, Italian mystic
• Veronica Lake, American film actress
• Verónica Páez, Argentine marathon runner
• Verónica Ribot, Argentine diver
• Veronica Scott, fashion designer, Fuchsia CEO, television personality

Botany

• Veronica, the Speedwells, a genus of plants in the Plantaginaceae
• The genus Hebe, Scrophulariaceae, was formerly known as Veronica

Some cultivars and species are still named as such:

* Veronica Lake Hebe, Veronica Hebe or Hebe Veronica is a garden cultivar of Hebe speciosa

* Shrubby Veronica, Hebe recurva

Technology

• V.E.R.O.N.I.C.A. (Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-Wide Index to Computer Archives) — computer search engine for Gopher.

Other

• Verónica, a technique in Spanish-style bullfighting

References

1. Names of Greek origin
2. Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Berenice
3. Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Veronica