Unity

English
"oneness"

Unity Origin and Meaning

The name Unity is a girl's name of English origin meaning "oneness".

Like Verity and Amity, this inclusive virtue name used by the colorful British literary Mitford family is ready to join its more popular peers Hope, Faith, and Grace.

The name was embraced by the Puritans in the seventeenth century, but was not as common as others. In literature it occurs as a servant in Thomas Hardy's A Pair of Blue Eyes.

Unity Valkyrie Mitford supposedly inspired the character of Bellatrix Lestrange in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Unity Kincaid is a character In the Sandman series by Neil Gaiman.

Unity Popularity

Famous People Named Unity

  • Unity Valkyrie Mitford
    English socialite; Hitler's alleged lover
  • (Ursula) Unity Croshaw
    daughter of American planter Joseph Croshaw; wife of American colonial leader Col. John West

Unity in Pop Culture

  • Unity
    servant at Endelstowe Vicarage who marries the sexton, Martin Cannister, in Thomas Hardy's "A Pair of Blue Eyes" (1873)
  • Unity
    one of the pressurized modules of the International Space Station
  • Unity
    a collective hivemind and former lover of Rick on animated series "Rick and Morty"
  • Unity
    game,making program
  • "U.N.I.T.Y.
    " song by Queen Latifah