At a Glance: Name: Verona – Origin: Italian (place name, pre-Roman origin, disputed) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: vuh-ROH-nuh
Verona is an Italian (place name, pre-Roman origin, disputed) girl's name. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Verona
Origin: Italian (place name, pre-Roman origin, disputed).
A common claim: Sometimes said to mean 'very honorable,' reading the name as Latin 'ver' + 'ona' Actually: Verona doesn't literally mean 'very honorable'; that's a folk reading of the syllables, not an attested etymology -- the city name's real root is pre-Roman and disputed.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Verona
Phonetic: vuh-ROH-nuh IPA: /vəˈroʊnə/
Popularity of Verona
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1880–2024.
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