Weridiana
Records list just five women in Poland who carry it, and not one girl has been named it since 2000. It grows from Latin *viridis*, "green": the color of new leaves and fresh grass.
Weridiana Pronunciation
Weridiana is pronounced ve-reed-YAH-nah (/vɛridˈjana/).
What Weridiana means
Where Weridiana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Weridiana grows from Latin viridis, the word for green. From that root Latin shaped viridiana, a feminine form tied to fresh growth. Viridis described young leaves and new grass. The sense stays close to green and fresh.
The older spelling belonged to a real woman. Viridiana of Castelfiorentino, a Tuscan recluse, died in 1242 and was later honored as a saint. Centuries afterward, Luis Buñuel gave the name to his 1961 film Viridiana, which took the Palme d'Or at Cannes. The name reached a wide audience through cinema, still holding its Latin color.
On a Polish class register, Weridiana stands out among the Zuzannas and Julias. The spelling with W is rare. Trace it back to viridis and the meaning is plain: green and fresh.
When Weridiana celebrates name day
Weridiana appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 1 February.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Weridiana
1 in 4508767 women in Poland is named Weridiana. 5 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #28202 among female names.
Weridiana as a middle name
Weridiana is a first name for 5 women in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 50/50 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3887th, between Wenata (5) and Wiarosława (5).
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#3885 Wasyliki5
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#3886 Wenata5
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#3887 Weridiana5
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#3888 Wiarosława5
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#3889 Wierosława5