Verity Name Meaning
English (West Yorkshire):: nickname from Middle English verite (Old French verité) ‘truth righteousness trustworthiness’. in Yorkshire perhaps an altered form of Verty (see Varty ).
Varty Name Meaning
English (Cumberland and Northumberland): nickname from Middle English and Older Scots (a)verti ‘wise prudent’ (Old French averti ‘shrewd prudent well bred’). The name was sometimes altered to Virtue in which form the Scottish name still survives and perhaps also to Verity . Indian (Karnataka): Brahmin name of unexplained etymology found among Saraswat Brahmins of Goan origin who have migrated to Karnataka.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Verry, Everett, Verley, Merritt, Crite, Avery, Averitte, Tritz
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts