Vera as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Vera

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The baby name Vera is a Girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced VEER-uh.

Vera is Russian, Slavic in Origin.

Gender: Girl

Syllables: 2

Origin: Russian, Slavic

Pronunciation: VEER-uh

What is the meaning of the name Vera ?

The baby name Vera is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced VEER-uh.

Vera is Russian, Slavic in Origin.

Vera is the Latin-script form of Russian Вера and related Slavic forms such as Czech Věra and Ukrainian Віра. Its root is Proto-Slavic *věra, reflected in Old Church Slavonic věra, a feminine noun for faith, belief, or trust. Morphologically, it is the common noun used as a name, with final -a marking the feminine nominative singular. A secondary link to Latin verus, true, explains some Western interpretations, but not the usual source.

In Christian Slavic usage, Vera belongs to the virtue-name trio with Nadezhda and Lyubov, calquing Greek Pistis, Elpis, and Agape in the legend of Sophia and her daughters. It entered English-language naming in the nineteenth century, helped by Russian literature; Tolstoy uses it in War and Peace. After early-twentieth-century favor in Britain and America, it has revived on several European charts. Variants include Véra, Věra, Vira, Viera, Veera, and Wiera.

Vera has the following similar or variant Names

Véra
Věra
Vira
Viera
Veera
Wiera
Wiara
Vjera
Verica
Verka
Verochka
Verushka

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Actor · Born 1951 · Brazil

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Vera Ralston

Actor · Born 1919 · United States

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Actor · Born 1956 · Russia

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Actor · Born 1925 · Russia

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Véra Clouzot

Actor · Born 1913 · France

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Vera Zorina

Actor · Born 1917 · Norway

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Vera Maretskaya

Actor · Born 1906 · Soviet Union

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Athlete · Born 1931 · Czechoslovakia

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Vera Vitali

Actor · Born 1981 · Sweden

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Actor · Born 1975 · Finland

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Věra Bílá

Actor|musician · Born 1954 · Czech Republic

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Vera – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Girls	2025	#1	—	874
Germany	Girls	2025	#1	—	411
Sweden	Girls	2022	#6	537	1,568
NL	Girls	2014	#9	266	73
AL	Girls	0	#11	632	4,141
MD		0	#18	17	434
SV	Girls	0	#18	1	458
KR	Boys	0	#27	1	897
ID		0	#29	11	2,238
MD	Girls	0	#30	115	865
BN		0	#32	1	2,297
NA		0	#32	2	2,537
RS	Girls	0	#32	238	1,651
TM	Girls	0	#32	4	574
PT	Girls	0	#33	5,660	7,952
EE		0	#35	3	1,051
MU	Girls	0	#35	1,257	8,539
MV	Girls	0	#35	1	2,021
RU	Girls	0	#35	5,996	11,913
ID	Girls	0	#36	64	3,319
GE		0	#42	3	997
AZ		0	#43	1	706
MT		0	#43	1	1,767
BR	Girls	0	#45	9,223	12,708
GR	Girls	0	#45	324	6,293
AL		0	#46	30	2,372
MO		0	#48	5	2,706
RU		0	#50	268	3,641
CM		0	#51	6	2,592
BG		0	#52	29	1,799
LU	Girls	0	#52	172	4,850
Iceland	Girls	0	#53	10	132
MU		0	#53	132	3,613
LU		0	#54	13	2,830
CY		0	#56	5	1,632
PT		0	#56	594	4,161
Norway	Girls	2025	#60	77	453
CY	Girls	0	#68	55	3,755
KZ		0	#68	23	1,452
RS		0	#68	17	923
AO		0	#71	7	2,729
JP		0	#72	6	4,057
CZ	Girls	0	#73	1,112	5,378
AZ	Girls	0	#74	2	1,051
CN		0	#74	12	3,857
SI	Girls	0	#75	116	2,769
AF		0	#76	1	1,883
SI		0	#76	5	1,612
BG	Girls	0	#77	197	3,559
MD	Boys	0	#81	1	756
GE	Girls	0	#84	21	1,564
LT		0	#84	5	949
TW		0	#84	17	4,523
HR	Girls	0	#85	508	3,687
KZ	Girls	0	#85	589	5,862
HU		0	#89	26	1,675
EE	Girls	0	#92	48	1,888
Switzerland	Girls	2024	#94	42	1,786
AF	Girls	0	#94	1	2,402
GH	Girls	0	#99	500	6,973
GR		0	#100	35	3,911
HU	Girls	0	#102	187	3,308
IR	Girls	0	#103	1,239	8,334
QA		0	#103	4	7,011
PH		0	#104	7	5,607
NL	Girls	0	#105	3,818	5,933
BN	Girls	0	#108	7	5,459
NG	Girls	0	#112	3,125	15,093
LT	Girls	0	#118	87	1,904
KW		0	#119	3	5,216
EC		0	#121	1	2,502
OM		0	#121	1	6,215
EE	Boys	0	#125	1	2,087
CR	Girls	0	#128	834	11,342
CZ		0	#128	64	3,154
PA		0	#134	5	3,797
ID	Boys	0	#135	1	4,130
JO		0	#136	5	2,158
CR		0	#138	21	5,526
BR		0	#139	256	5,969
CN	Girls	0	#141	296	8,829
MT	Girls	0	#142	10	3,773
Austria	Girls	0	#146	523	1,885
Germany	Girls	0	#146	2,677	4,949
BW	Girls	0	#151	1	4,216
RS	Boys	0	#152	3	2,277
AO	Girls	0	#153	57	4,575
Austria		0	#156	59	850
IR		0	#160	74	4,221
TW	Girls	0	#162	121	8,139
NL		0	#163	273	2,481
PR	Girls	0	#164	4	3,171
HR		0	#165	15	2,081
GH		0	#167	80	5,396
AE		0	#179	9	10,220
MT	Boys	0	#179	1	4,064
UY		0	#179	4	2,477
PS		0	#180	39	5,692
IL	Girls	0	#182	791	11,648
PS	Girls	0	#186	543	10,981
AR		0	#189	5	2,915
Canada	Girls	2024	#191	96	2,795
Finland	Girls	0	#194	287	1,368
IT	Girls	0	#195	11,883	9,415
DK		0	#198	9	5,198
MO	Girls	0	#198	54	7,056
JP	Girls	0	#199	47	6,592
NG		0	#200	66	5,926
United States	Girls	2024	#204	1,351	8,487
NA	Girls	0	#204	21	7,146
SI	Boys	0	#211	1	3,402
PL		0	#212	1	2,600
DK	Girls	0	#216	104	7,429
CM	Girls	0	#220	443	11,671
Finland	Girls	2026	#223	1,791	3,895
Germany		0	#225	252	2,542
IL		0	#225	50	6,291
SG		0	#225	45	11,010
EC	Boys	0	#243	4	3,322
AO	Boys	0	#246	4	5,568
JM	Girls	0	#248	12	7,507
HR	Boys	0	#253	7	3,997
NA	Boys	0	#253	1	6,830
Finland		0	#254	54	830
EC	Girls	0	#257	2	3,650
JO	Girls	0	#272	54	7,570
AL	Boys	0	#273	26	5,122
GR	Boys	0	#273	1	6,912
AF	Boys	0	#274	1	3,535
QA	Girls	0	#279	38	15,378
KZ	Boys	0	#292	5	6,578
CZ	Boys	0	#294	11	6,530
JP	Boys	0	#303	1	7,909
GT		0	#305	10	5,948
MY		0	#305	26	12,352
SG	Girls	0	#306	304	18,916
SA		0	#307	6	10,560
HK		0	#311	38	8,483
PL	Girls	0	#316	39	5,096
PE		0	#321	9	6,350
CN	Boys	0	#329	3	9,639
IT		0	#329	619	4,183
HK	Girls	0	#336	331	16,104
PT	Boys	0	#350	18	7,951
GH	Boys	0	#354	8	8,138
SD	Girls	0	#354	5	7,678
OM	Girls	0	#363	34	15,987
PH	Girls	0	#364	27	13,098
MU	Boys	0	#365	5	8,477
BO		0	#367	15	6,868
EG		0	#383	18	6,387
LB		0	#389	314	13,263
France	Girls	2021	#390	16	3,185
MX		0	#391	23	8,339
YE		0	#394	5	8,639
Spain		0	#399	54	2,326
CL		0	#402	10	6,867
BD	Girls	0	#406	1	8,413
PH	Boys	0	#406	3	11,440
ZA		0	#407	41	14,421
UY	Boys	0	#409	5	5,922
GT	Girls	0	#418	88	7,500
UY	Girls	0	#420	91	6,731
Spain	Girls	0	#421	828	5,561
AR	Boys	0	#440	28	7,628
PA	Girls	0	#442	40	9,861
AE	Girls	0	#447	107	20,968
RU	Boys	0	#453	53	12,621
CO		0	#454	27	7,768
KW	Girls	0	#470	46	19,177
IQ	Girls	0	#476	29	11,303
GT	Boys	0	#496	4	7,625
PA	Boys	0	#502	4	9,305
CR	Boys	0	#504	7	10,188
AR	Girls	0	#513	87	8,289
BO	Girls	0	#517	95	9,488
LY		0	#523	13	12,703
CM	Boys	0	#532	19	12,054
BH		0	#534	20	17,937
IR	Boys	0	#543	10	10,162
HK	Boys	0	#550	8	12,905
PS	Boys	0	#554	8	10,655
BO	Boys	0	#582	11	9,244
BD	Boys	0	#604	2	10,045
IL	Boys	0	#617	9	10,983
CL	Boys	0	#625	41	13,390
BR	Boys	0	#628	125	12,213
SG	Boys	0	#648	50	17,960
IN	Girls	0	#649	6	13,121
SY		0	#677	52	11,684
ZA	Girls	0	#684	548	25,928
IQ	Boys	0	#692	6	13,071
MY	Girls	0	#697	308	24,821
QA	Boys	0	#735	9	18,093
CO	Girls	0	#741	365	16,140
EG	Girls	0	#743	220	14,742
KW	Boys	0	#745	25	18,755
CL	Girls	0	#780	72	14,098
PE	Girls	0	#813	131	14,861
SA	Girls	0	#820	116	25,931
TN		0	#820	10	13,765
PE	Boys	0	#837	42	14,506
MX	Girls	0	#847	358	17,781
CO	Boys	0	#864	57	15,656
OM	Boys	0	#865	17	17,948
EG	Boys	0	#873	14	15,035
NG	Boys	0	#893	59	16,906
TR		0	#896	336	19,440
Spain	Boys	0	#899	32	5,610
MX	Boys	0	#899	84	16,355
NL	Boys	0	#941	11	5,873
IN	Boys	0	#980	22	16,750
MY	Boys	0	#1,071	41	25,439
AE	Boys	0	#1,077	16	22,615
MA		0	#1,084	45	20,986
DZ		0	#1,161	16	20,130
ZA	Boys	0	#1,163	16	25,619
IT	Boys	0	#1,362	110	10,046
SA	Boys	0	#1,576	39	28,008

Vera is popular in 94 countries — most recent births per country:

France

Norway

Canada

Ireland

Switzerland

Sweden

United States

Germany

New York City (White, non-Hispanic), United States

Scotland, United Kingdom

Flanders, Belgium

New York City (Asian & Pacific Islander), United States

Austria

Brussels, Belgium

Germany

Spain

Finland

Iceland

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