Verina
Aelia Verina was the Eastern Roman empress as the wife of Leo I. She was a sister of Emperor Basiliscus. Her daughter Ariadne also became empress. Verina was the maternal grandmother of Leo II.
Meaning & Origin of Verina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aelia Verina was the Eastern Roman empress as the wife of Leo I. She was a sister of Emperor Basiliscus. Her daughter Ariadne also became empress. Verina was the maternal grandmother of Leo II.
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The Story of Verina
The earliest SSA record of Verina as a baby girl name dates back to 1913, when 5 babies received it. 1968 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Verina — #5,146 in the national rankings. Verina last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 202 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Verina
Verina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 202 births in the dataset. Verina's peak popularity came in 1968 when it ranked #5,146. Use the chart and map above to compare Verina's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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