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This reminds me now

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My sister and brother-in-law once knew someone named Victoria. Except my brother-in-law could never remember it was Victoria and instead would call her Veronica. This led my sister to jokingly call her (not to her face) Victronica.

I like both but I would say Veronica. My mother was highly considering it for me.

I love both, but I'd choose Veronica. It's not as common and is the name of one of my closest friends. I've always thought it was really lovely.

I prefer Veronica. It sounds more elegant and unique.

This message was edited 5/20/2020, 5:55 AM

Imo these two names have very different "feels". Victoria to me is posh and evokes thoughts of British royalty. Veronica, perhaps because of the Veronicas I have known, is more laid back, maybe even bordering on hippie. I personally prefer Veronica; Victoria is a bit stuffy to me.

Prefer Vickie to Ronnie, Vera and Nic, so Victoria. If I were naming a child IRL I'd use Vickie as the full name to honour a very good friend and to avoid the possibility of Tory.

I prefer Victoria. It's a graceful classic.
Veronica is a bit clumsy. I prefer Verona.

Victoria

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They give me very different feelings even if I do see why you’re pairing them.

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Victoria is one of my alltime favourites so it’s the one I pick. I think it’s gorgeous and needs no nicknames.

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Veronica is a nice name and I see the appeal. I think I prefer Veronique.

Victoria. I always thought Veronica sounded a bit mean and heavy.

I like Victoria in theory. Classic names are my jam, but have bad associations.

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Veronica is just sassy. I like it.

This message was edited 5/19/2020, 6:14 PM

I'd be more likely to use Veronica as a FN and Victoria as a MN.

I like Veronica for a cat, but my SO and I once had a conversation where he explicitly said we would not be naming a cat Veronica.

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Victoria has an undeniable elegance and richness to it. Regal (of course) but also versatile. I would name a daughter Victoria ten times over before I ever thought about Veronica, which I find pretty dated, compared to the timelessness of Victoria.

This message was edited 5/19/2020, 3:09 PM

Veronica

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(:

I like Veronica, but I far prefer Victoria. Evidence of this is the fact that I could have named my daughter Veronica, but instead I named her Victoria. Reasons: Veronica has one syllable in it that drops it down a few notches in my view---"ron". With Veronica I would fear the nickname Ronnie, which I think is quite natural to the name and which I dislike. I like all of the nicknames for Victoria, with the exception of Ria, which to me is not very intuitive and which is not too common anyway. And finally, while Veronica has a mysterious, dark vibe which is appealing, it can't hold a candle to the connotation of royalty, elegance, and grandeur that Victoria possesses.

Victoria. Veronica sounds harsh and too mature for a child to me.

Veronica nn Vonnie or Von (when older)