Names that mean truth
This list groups names by the literal gloss at the start of each meaning, not the cultural notes that follow. Closely related meanings are gathered under truth. Tap any name for its story, or grow a tree and see which of them belong in your family.
Vera Slavic · faith, truth
Sincere English · from the word sincere, genuine and honest
Dalisay Filipino · pure, genuine
Chinh Vietnamese · just, fair, righteous; usually written Chính
Truman English · true, faithful man
Sung-min Korean · sincere and clever
Yuma Japanese · gentle truth, abundant kindness
Jin Korean · truth, precious (진); also a real Japanese name (仁, "benevolence") and a common Chinese/Cantonese sound tied to 金 (gold), simple enough that English speakers read it correctly on sight; helped further by BTS member Jin's global fame
Ye-jin Korean · beautiful truth
Tru English · modern spelling of 'true', meaning genuine, faithful
True English · vocabulary word 'true', a virtue name
Sujan Sanskrit · good, honest person (Sanskrit sujana); an everyday Nepali virtue name for boys
Woo-jin Korean · great truth
Satya Sanskrit · Sanskrit for truth; famously borne by Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft.
Seiji Japanese · sincere and true, or pure and refined, with ji often meaning two
Loyal Latin · faithful, true (Old French loial, from Latin legalis)
Hiromi Japanese · wide, vast beauty, or great truth, depending on the kanji
Alethea Greek · 'truth', from Greek aletheia
Ho-Yin Cantonese · vast; so or correct (浩然), a pair echoed in Mencius's 浩然之氣
Rika Japanese · true fragrance
Truett English · surname believed to derive from Old English 'true, faithful'
Zhen Chinese · varies by character: often 珍, 'precious, rare', or 真, 'true, genuine'; a pinyin-era given name
Syncere Latin · respelling of 'sincere', from Latin 'sincerus'
Veronica Latin · traditionally "true image"
Sachdeep Punjabi · lamp of truth (sach + deep)
Aletha Greek · a variant of Alethea, from Greek aletheia, truth; used by English Puritans as a virtue name
Mako Japanese · meaning kanji-dependent, often glossed 'true, sincere child'; famously borne by former Princess Mako of Akishino, who relinquished her title in 2021
Harsh Sanskrit · joy, happiness (an honest heritage meaning that reads as an unrelated English word, worth knowing before use in the US)
Satnam Punjabi · true name (sat + naam); the foundational Sikh description of God as Truth itself
Colin Scottish · two honest roots: a medieval English pet form of Col, short for Nicholas, and the Gaelic Cailean, "whelp, young hound," a great Campbell clan name; either way a soft-spoken classic with centuries of quiet use on both sides of the border
Ronni Latin · pet form of Veronica, traditionally meaning true image
Seok-jin Korean · stone and truth (BTS Jin's birth name)
Shinji Japanese · meaning depends on the kanji chosen, sometimes 'true two' or 'one who believes'
Weronika Polish · true image (Polish form of Veronica)
Veronika Latin · variant of Veronica, traditionally meaning 'true image'
Aleta Uncertain · Disputed: linked to Greek Alethea 'truth', Latin alata 'winged', or Dutch Aletta 'noble'; no consensus.
Elvia Spanish · Italian and Spanish feminine form of Helvius, a Roman family name traced either to Latin helvus, honey-yellow, or to the Celtic Helvii tribe.
Letha Modern American · likely a short form of Aletha, from Greek aletheia, truth, or of Letitia, from Latin laetitia, joy; the exact source is uncertain
Katherine Greek · linked since early Christian times to katharos, "pure," though the name's true root is older and debated; borne by saints, empresses of Russia, and centuries of English queens consort. The K-classic behind Kate, Katie, Kay, and Kitty
Verla Uncertain · Of disputed origin, possibly a feminine elaboration of Vera (true) or Verna (springlike); no meaning is firmly established.
Verona Italian · From the Italian city of Verona, itself of disputed pre-Roman origin (Latin verus, true, or Gallic/Etruscan roots); not from Veronica.
Leatha Uncertain · Of disputed origin, possibly a variant of Alethea (Greek, truth) or an elaboration of Leah (Hebrew, weary); no meaning is settled.
Hiraya Filipino · an old Tagalog word for the fruit of one's hopes and dreams, known from the blessing hiraya manawari, may your wishes come true. A defining pick of the 2020s Tagalog-revival cohort, chosen by parents reaching past the Spanish classics to precolonial words.
Riley Irish · two true sources: the Irish surname O Raghallaigh, its root debated, and an English place name meaning "rye clearing"; either way a surname that crossed over, went unisex in the 1990s, and settled in as an American favorite with an easy grin
Oleta Uncertain · Origin disputed: possibly a blend of Ol- as in Olivia with an -eta ending, or a variant of Aleta/Althea, Greek for truth.
Elvera Germanic · A spelling of Elvira, a Visigothic Spanish name of Germanic origin, generally glossed as elf-true or foreign.
Kassandra Greek · variant spelling of Cassandra, the Trojan princess of Greek mythology cursed to give true prophecies no one believed
Eleanor Greek · traditionally "light," by association with Helen, though it began as the Occitan Alienor, its true root debated; queens of Aquitaine and England wore it, a First Lady dignified it, and the vintage revival returned it to the top tier. Nell, Ellie, and Nora wait inside
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