Veranika
A rare spelling of Weronika, from the Greek for "bringing victory". Only about 1,600 women in Poland carry this version, and it's handed down less often each year.
Veranika Pronunciation
What Veranika means
Where Veranika comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Veranika reaches Polish through the same Greek source as Weronika, its older and more familiar variant. Two words stand behind it: pherein, to bring, and nike, victory. Read together they give the meaning the dictionaries record, bringing victory, niosąca zwycięstwo. Here that meaning is no later gloss. It comes straight from the Greek.
In everyday use the name shortens easily. Wera answers at home, Nika lands on the class register at school.
The victory element is not decorative. Nike was the Greek figure of triumph, and the same pair of roots produced Berenike, the Macedonian name worn by Ptolemaic queens. A girl called Nika keeps that old root in a single syllable, and the full Veranika holds its promise of victory unbroken.
How many people are named Veranika
1 in 14350 women in Poland is named Veranika. 1,571 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #785 among female names.
Veranika's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Veranika as a middle name
Veranika is a first name for 1,571 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 6927th, between Vasilisa (2) and Vibeke (2).
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#6925 Varshini2
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#6926 Vasilisa2
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#6927 Veranika2
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#6928 Vibeke2
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#6929 Vicenta2