Languages: This girl's name is used in German.

Nicknames: Vreni

Popularity: The name Verena ranked 2810th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Narrative: Some authorities derive this name from the Latin term verus (''truth''), and consider it a form of Vera.

According to tradition, this name was introduced to the German-speaking world by a saint who migrated from Egypt to Switzerland in the third century.