I first heard the name watching the 1970's BBC series, "Poldark." One of the minor characters is
Verity and I fell in love with the name. (Incidentally, one of the main characters is
Demelza. Isn't that a HP name too?)
While I haven't read any of the books or seen any of the movies, I hear about the character names a lot on these boards. I've often wondered if JKR and I watched the same TV shows / read the same books. We have similar taste in literary names:
Fleur (Forsyte
Saga),
Parvati (
Jewel in the Crown), and
Verity.
Anyway,
Verity is gorgeous. I hope it catches on as its own name, not "just" a HP name. I know one girl names
Katherine Verity (= pure truth) that would be about ten years old by now. When did the HP books come out?