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Veronica derives from the ancient Greek feminine name:
ΒΕΡΕΝΙΚΗ < ΦΕΡΕΝΙΚΗ < ΦΕΡΕ-ΝΙΚΗ = bring, bear victory. Name of Greek queens in hellenistic period. (in Macedonia, Egypt, ancestor of Kleopatra).
Veronica was not the woman's name. According to legend, the woman's name was Seraphia. 'Veronica' is simply a mishmash of the Latin phrase for the veil relic "vera icon". The name of the relic became a name for the legendary woman over time.
Also can mean "bringing victory" from the Greek words phero meaning "to bring" and nike meaning "victory".

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