Venetia is a feminine English given name. It may refer to:

People

Venetia Burney Venetia Katharine Douglas Burney (married name Phair, 11 July 1918 – 30 April 2009) was an English accountant and teacher. She is remembered as the first person to suggest the name Pluto for the dwarf planet discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 19 ...

(1919–2009), the girl who named the planet Pluto *

Venetia Dearden Venetia Dearden (born 1975) is a British photographer and filmmaker. Her books include ''Somerset Stories, Fivepenny Dreams'' (2008), ''Glastonbury, Another Stage'' (2010), ''Mulberry 40 Years'' (2011) and ''Eight Days'' (2012). Dearden had a sol ...

(born 1975), English photographer *

Venetia James Mary Venetia James (; 4 June 1861 – 2 May 1948) was a London society hostess and racehorse breeder. Early life James was born into the Cavendish-Bentinck family, the daughter of Prudentia Penelope Leslie, Prudentia (née Leslie) and George C ...

(1861–1948), London society hostess and racehorse breeder *

Venetia Scott Venetia Scott (born 25 June 1963) is a British photographer, fashion stylist and author. She is contributing Fashion Director at ''British Vogue''. Early life Scott was born on 25 June 1963 in Tidworth, the youngest child of Lt.-Col. John Jer ...

(born 1963), British photographer and fashion stylist *

Venetia Stanley Venetia Anastasia, Lady Digby ( Stanley; December 1600 – 1 May 1633) was a celebrated beauty of the Stuart period (England), Stuart period and the wife of a prominent courtier and scientist, Sir Kenelm Digby. She was a granddaughter of Tho ...

(1600–1633), Elizabethan Catholic and wife of Kenelm Digby *

Venetia Stanley (1887–1948) Beatrice Venetia Stanley Montagu (22 August 1887 – 3 August 1948) was a British aristocrat and socialite best known for the many letters that Prime Minister H. H. Asquith wrote to her between 1910 and 1915. Venetia was a namesake and collate ...

, British aristocrat and socialite remembered for her 1910–15 correspondence with

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H. H. Asquith Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928) was a British statesman and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He was the last ...

* Venetia Stanley-Smith (1950-2023), British-born herbalist *

Venetia Stevenson Joanna Venetia Invicta Stevenson (10 March 1938 – 26 September 2022) was an English actress. Early life Born in 1938 in London, England, as Joanna Venetia Invicta Stevenson, she was the daughter of film director Robert Stevenson and actress ...

(1938–2022), English-American actress *

Venetia Williams Venetia Williams (born 10 May 1960) is an English racehorse trainer specialising in National Hunt racing. She is based at stables at Aramstone in Herefordshire, England. She won the Hennessy Gold Cup and King George VI Chase with Teeton Mil ...

(born 1960), British racehorse trainer

Fictional characters

*Venetia Lanyon, heroine of Georgette Heyer's Regency Romance novel'' Venetia'' {{given name English feminine given names Feminine given names