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/vəˈrɒnᵻkə/
Spanish: [beˈɾonika] she who brings victory, true image |
Veronica is a female given name, the Latin transliteration of the Greek name Berenice, Βερενίκη. This was the Macedonian form of the Athenian Φερενίκη, Phereníkē, or Φερονίκη, Pheroníkē, from φέρειν, phérein, to bring, and νίκη, níkê, "victory", i.e. "she who brings victory". The Ancient Macedonian form of the name was popularized because of its extensive use as a royal feminine name by the reigning dynasties of the states of the Diadochi of Alexander the Great throughout the Eastern Mediterranean during the Hellenistic age, most notably by the Ptolemies of Egypt and by the Seleucids of Asia. In medieval etymology, Veronica was sometimes wrongly supposed to derive from Latin vera (true) and Greek eikon (image). Its popularity in medieval and modern times is based mainly on the importance in Christianity of Saint Veronica and her Veil of Veronica. Pet forms of Veronica include Ronnie and Roni and the German Frony, as well as Vicki. In Russian, the pet form is Nika (Ника).
Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens and royal daughters in Cyrenaica and Egypt
Berenice I of Egypt (c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC), mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt
Berenice II of Egypt (267 or 266 BC – 221 BC), daughter of Magas of Cyrene, wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellation Coma Berenices
Berenice III of Egypt (120–80 BC), daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt; she first married Ptolemy X of Egypt, and later Ptolemy XI of Egypt
Berenice IV of Egypt (77–55 BC), daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and elder sister of Cleopatra VII
Berenice (Seleucid queen) (died 246 BC), daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos
Berenice (daughter of Ptolemy II of Telmessos) (3rd to 2nd century BC), great-granddaughter of Ptolemy I Epigone
Berenice (daughter of Salome) (1st century BC), daughter of Salome I, a sister of Herod the Great. and mother of Herod Agrippa I
Berenice (28-?), a daughter of Herod Agrippa I, wife of Herod of Chalcis till 48, then spent much of her life at the court of her brother Agrippa II
Berenice (after 50-?), daughter of another daughter of Herod Agrippa I
Berenice Abbott, American photographer
Bérénice Bejo, French-Argentine actress
Berenice Celeyta, Colombian human rights activist
Berenika Koukalová, Czech doctor
Berenika Kohoutová, Czech actress and singer
Bérénice Marlohe, French actress
Maé-Bérénice Méité, French figure skater
Berenika Saudková, Czech painter
Berenika Suchánková, Czech actress
Berenice Sydney, British artist
Veronica Lodge, rich teenage girl in the Archie Comics universe
Veronica Mars, a television series starring Kristen Bell as the title character
Veronica Ronnie Mitchell, a character from the television soap opera EastEnders
Veronica Sawyer, played by Winona Ryder in the 1980s' teenage cult classic Heathers
Veronica is one of the "Macaw Sisters" played by Joanna Sawyer in the original 2015 Edinburgh cast of Love Birds: the musical
Veronica Reed, dominatrix mother of main character Marten Reed in the webcomic Questionable Content
Veronica Madaraki, the surgically manufactured "sister" of the title character in the Franken Fran manga
Veronica, protagonist of a 1989 Elvis Costello song, his highest-charting in the United States.
Veronica Parker, a character from the television series Mona the Vampire
Veronica Santangelo, a character from the Obsidian Entertainment game, Fallout New Vegas
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