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.

First name

 * Verity Crawley (born 1994), English professional bowler
 * 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 Laughton (born 1952), Australian playwright
 * Verity Rushworth (born 1985), English actress
 * Verity Sharp (born 1970), English broadcast radio personality
 * Verity Snook-Larby (born 1970), English race walker

Fictional characters

 * Verity Poldark Blamey, recurring character in the 2015 television series Poldark
 * Verity Price, character in the InCryptid novel series
 * 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 (1894–1971), "The First Lady of the motor trade"
 * Hedley Verity (1905–1943), English cricketer
 * Hugh Verity (1918-2001), British RAF and SOE pilot
 * 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
 * Verity (ship), e.g. List of shipwrecks in 2023