Verity

Verity (alias Veretie, Verety, Verita, Veritie, etc.) is a female first name and a surname. As a first name it derives from the Latin feminine noun veritas, meaning "truth". It is thus an equivalent of Alethea, a female first name first used in England circa 1585, derived from the ancient and modern Greek feminine noun αλήθεια (pronounced "al-ee-thia"), meaning "truth". It was adopted in England as a Puritan and Quaker virtue name, truthfulness being considered as a desirable attribute especially in a female, and following a new Protestant tradition of naming children after virtues instead of saints in order to avoid idolatry.

Verity is also a surname, which may have more ancient unrelated origins, possibly being a corruption of a similar word.^[1]

First name[]

• Verity Barton (born 1985), Australian (Queensland) politician
• Verity Firth (born 1973), Australian politician
• Verity James, Australian TV and radio presenter
• Verity Lambert (1935–2007), English television producer
• Verity Rushworth (born 1985), English actress
• Verity Sharp (born 1970), English broadcast radio personality
• Verity Snook-Larby (born 1970), English race walker
• Verity Poldark-Blamey, recurring character in the 2015 television series Poldark
• Verity Simone Carlo, character in the IDW Publishing Transformers comic series

Surname[]

• Anthony Verity (born 1939), English educationalist and classical scholar
• Charlotte Verity (born 1954), British painter
• Elsie Eleanor Verity (14 August 1894 – 1971), "The First Lady of the motor trade"
• Hedley Verity (1905–1943), English cricketer
• Jake Verity (born 1997), American football player
• John Verity (born 1949), English guitarist
• Ruggero Verity (1883–1959), Italian physician and entomologist
• William Verity Jr. (1917–2007), American businessman and government official

Other

• Verity (sculpture), a bronze statue made by Damien Hirst

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