Verena
Fewer than 40 women in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met a Verena. The name is Germanic and means "true".
Verena Pronunciation
What Verena means
Where Verena comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Verena grows from Germanic roots, and the meaning fixed to it is plain: true. The German-speaking lands kept the name closest, and in Switzerland it found a saint. Verena of Zurzach, honored since the early medieval period, gave the name a settled place on the calendar. Her feast falls on the first of September.
The sense of "true" repays a careful read. It points at what a person can be, honest, faithful, steady in word. That reading gathered around the name over centuries rather than starting as a dictionary gloss.
Short. Verena has no common diminutive to hide behind.
In a Polish class register the name stands apart from the Zofias and Julias, German by association, foreign and clear at once. The name says one thing, and it says it directly: true.
How many people are named Verena
1 in 593259 women in Poland is named Verena. 38 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6402 among female names.
Verena as a middle name
Verena is a first name for 38 women in Poland and a middle name for another 23, a 62/38 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1505th, between Theodora (23) and Vy (23).
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#1503 Stéphanie23
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#1504 Theodora23
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#1505 Verena23
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#1506 Vy23
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#1507 Wiktoryna23