Venetia

Gender Feminine
Usage English (Rare), Greek
Scripts Βενετία(Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ve.ne.ˈti.a/(Greek)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From the Latin name of the Italian region of Veneto and the city of Venice (see the place name Venetia). This name was borne by the celebrated English beauty Venetia Stanley (1600-1633), though in her case the name may have been a Latinized form of the Welsh name Gwynedd [1]. Benjamin Disraeli used it for the heroine of his novel Venetia (1837).

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Categories

asteroids, beauty, cities, directors, ends in -tia, Latinizations, literature, photographers, place names, rare English, TV presenters, uncertain etymology

Sources & References

  1. Withycombe, Elizabeth Gidley. The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names. Oxford, 1945, page 64.
Entry updated May 30, 2025