Vreni
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ) Vreny: weibl. Vom., Koseform von
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/fʁɛnɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vreni is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 8.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- ATAustria≈1 in 218K
- DEGermany≈1 in 377K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 57 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈980 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Switzerland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
) Vreny: weibl. Vom., Koseform von
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vreni counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | #614 | ≈980 est. | ≈1 in 8.6K | — | Vreni | 36 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 377K | 1 | Vreni | 49 |
| US United States | — | ≈48 est. | ≈1 in 7M | — | Vreni | 57 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈41 est. | ≈1 in 218K | 8 | Vreni | 11 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 21 | 1 in 823K | 21 | Vreni | 6 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 921K | — | Vreni | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the de-leipzig-vornamen register; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Vreni is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Swiss: contracted pet form of VERENA .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Vreni Pfisterb. 1911CHSwiss writer
- Vreni Kneubühlb. 1920CHSwiss musician (1920-2007)
- Vreni Frauenfelderb. 1927CH(1927-2018)
- Vreni Spoerryb. 1938CHSwiss politician
- Verena Hubmannb. 1944CHnot in their usual nameSwiss politician
- Vreni Schawalderb. 1946CHSwiss politician (1946-)
- Vreni Inäbnitb. 1948CHSwiss alpine skier
- Vreni Eberleb. 1950DEGerman swimmer
- Vreni Müller-Hemmib. 1951CHpolitician
- Vreni Schneiderb. 1964CHSwiss alpine ski racer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 21 | #14,341 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 19 | #20,122 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2022 | 8 | #1,861 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 1988 | 2 | #602 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2022 | 1 | #3,675 |
| DE Germany | Stadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene | 2022 | 1 | #2 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2021 | 1 | #3,703 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2020 | 1 | #3,662 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2018 | 1 | #3,838 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2014 | 1 | #3,528 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2013 | 1 | #3,387 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Vreni mean, and where does it come from?
- ) Vreny: weibl. Vom., Koseform von Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
- How do you pronounce Vreni?
- A machine transcription gives /fʁɛnɪ/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Vreni a male or female name?
- Vreni is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Vreni?
- In the etymology graph, Vérène is a form of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Verena.
- In which country does Vreni have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 975 people named Vreni in Switzerland, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vreni.
- How common is the name Vreni?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 21 people named Vreni, about 1 in 823 thousand residents.
- How common is Vreni compared with other names?
- In Switzerland, Vreni is the 614th most common given name of 38,907 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vreniThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vreni” — the 614th most common given name in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.