On Facebook the other day (and if you're not my Facebook friend, why NOT? Don't you want me to send you VIRTUAL GIFTS?), a discussion got started about which name we preferred, Victoria or Veronica. I like both but am not sure which I'd use first for a baby. Let's have a poll over to the right [poll closed; see results below] that assumes a world in which you MUST name your baby girl one of those two names---which would you choose?
Poll results (301 votes total):
Victoria: 193 votes, roughly 64%
Veronica: 108 votes, roughly 35%
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Veronica. I think Veronica sounds a bit fresher since Victoria was popular when I was growing up (80s).
Both lovely names though. No wrong answer really!
I know a little girl named Victory Rose. Not usually what I would like, but it suits her. And it turned me on to the name Victoria/Tori/Victory (just NOT Vicki!)
I agree with Jill. Victoria is definitely more common, so I voted for Veronica!
Both are lovely, though, with an abundance of nicknames.
If I had to pick a "V" name, I think I'd go with Vivian. But of these two, I'd go Victoria. Just because Victoria is softer sounding somehow. And I prefer Vicki/Tory over Ronnie any day.
I voted for Victoria here and on FB and I must say that this post makes me feel better (less stalkerish) about friending you in the first place.
I vote for Victoria. Veronica will always be the spoiled rich-girl from the Archie comics (I always wanted Archie with Betty, personally, Ronnie seemed like a biatch if you ask me).
I just have Veronica pegged in my head as a mean-girl name, and Victoria as a nice-girl, and it's totally a personal prejudice but there it is! So, Victoria.
(But actually, I'm not really a true fan of either one, so I'd never choose either for my own future daughter(s). For V names I prefer Vivienne).
Verity is my FAVORITE V name. But I chose Victoria over Veronica. Not sure why.
I like Victoria better but voted Veronica because for me, Victoria's Secret has all but ruined the name Victoria :(
My new baby girl is Veronica and I am reading all comments with a nervous, pained, expression, but it's not so bad, really. Our Veronica seems like a Veronica already, after just four months. Everyone calls her Victoria at first though, which is funny, considering your poll.
I have always loved Veronica; Victoria I only warmed to recently, I think because of a Vicky or Tori or two I knew growing up. Also, it sounded like an ugly old queen. I do like Victoria now, but Veronica is an old and true love.
Also, I see more potential for good short forms in Veronica: Vera and Nica, and I infinitely prefer Nikki to Vicky.
Both names tend to get confused with my own occasionally.
I'm not a huge Veronica fan-- just something about it-- maybe I knew a snotty girl in highschool or something... I'm not a huge Victoria fan either, but there is something more classic about it. If I had to pick, I'd pick Victoria. However, in the nickname department... ouch: Vicki, Tori...? The whole name or any possible nicknames seem unfitting for a little girl... maybe default to a middle name nickname?
Both names are nice, but I prefer Veronica since it seems sassier than Victoria to me.
I taught a little girl named Veronica, nn Ronnie. At first the nickname sounded terrible, but eventually it just seemed natural. Every once in a while she'd ask to be called Veronica, and it was such a breath of fresh air. I think it's time this name made a comeback!
My 1 year old daughter's name is Victoria. My husband insisted on it because he hates trendy names (I liked Claire and why yes, I"m a child of the 80'). I HATE Vicky, and my husband's family always wants to call her Tori which I hate too. I call her "V" or "Vi" almost all the time which makes people think her name is Violet.
I actually love both names, but I voted for Veronica. The name seems both sweet and strong at the same time, and I especially love the nickname Vera. Joanne, if you're still reading, I think you made a lovely choice!
Victoria is a beautiful name and very regal, but I'm less crazy about the nickname options: Vicky, Tori, etc.
This is definitely a tough one for me, because I am really NOT a fan of either name, at all. Now, I feel like I SHOULD choose Victoria, because it would honor my FMIL, Vicki. But I'm going to have to go with Veronica because of the nickname options - I'd take a few creative liberties with the ending (-nica) and call her Nico, which I think is adorable.
Outside of these two names, my favorite V name is Verity - partially because it is the perfect combination of my mother's and FMIL's names, Terry and Vicki. I also like Violet and Venice, to some extent. :]
Well Victoria because it's my middle name! I have a lovely cousin named Veronica, but people always called her Ronnie and she hated that.
I choose Veronica, for two reasons.
1) It was my best friend's Gran's name and she was lovely.
2) Elvis Costello
Nearly every time a baby girl is abandoned and left to die in my country, the people who rescue her or the hospital staff name her Victoria (Vitória). I was never a fan of the name in the first place, but this has forever tainted it in my mind.
My name is Veronica, and I absolutely love it. I have thanked my mom many times for blessing me with such an outstanding name. Veronica is a name you don't hear quite often. But it also not obscure or silly sounding like some names these days. Veronica is a strong but feminine name. I have met a couple of other Veronica's, and none of us are snotty. Stereotypes crack me up.
Joanne you have given your daughter a beautiful name and one day she will thank you. So don't worry about the negativity, they probably have boring names and are jealous.
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