Vera

Borrowed in the nineteenth century from the Russian virtue name Ве́ра (Véra, “faith”). By folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera (“true”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪə.ɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹə

Vera

1. A female given name from Russian.
   • 1880, Ouida, Moths, Elibron.com, published 2001, →ISBN, page 51:

     Good night, my Vera. Mind, I shall always call you Vera. It sounds so Russian and nice, and is much prettier than Vere.

   • 1953 Eric Linklater, The House of Gair, J.Cape, page 214:

     I killed Vera Cross - - - .I had known her for about three months, and never ceased to wonder if her parents, when they gave her a name, had been totally illiterate or wilfully blasphemous.

• Popular in the Anglo-Saxon world in the 1910s and the 1920s, particularly in England.

From Spanish.

Vera

1. A surname from Spanish.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Vera is the 1031^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 33,674 individuals. Vera is most common among Hispanic/Latino (91.02%) individuals.

• AVRE, Rave, aver, evar, rave, vare

From Russian Ве́ра (Véra).

Vera

1. a female given name

Ultimately from Russian Ве́ра (Véra).

• IPA^(key): /ˈveː.raː/

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• Hyphenation: Ve‧ra
• Rhymes: -eːraː

Vera f

1. a female given name

   Vera is dol op aloë. ― Vera is fond of aloe.

Vera

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Vera: Veruson
• daughter of Vera: Verudóttir

From Russian Ве́ра (Véra) at the end of the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːʁa/

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• Hyphenation: Ve‧ra

Vera

1. a female given name

• Also used as a diminutive of Veronika and Verena.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛrɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ve‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Vera

1. a female given name

From Russian Ве́ра (Véra).

Vera

1. a female given name

• evra

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1876. From Russian Ве́ра (Véra).

Vera f

1. a female given name
2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Ве́ра (Véra).

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Vera was the only given name of 8331 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

From Russian Ве́ра (Véra) in the 1880s.

Vera

1. a female given name

• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
• Homophone: vera
• Hyphenation: Ve‧ra

Vera f (plural Veras)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Vera

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾa/ [ˈbe.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: Ve‧ra

Vera m or f by sense

1. a surname

Vera f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Vera

Borrowed from Russian Ве́ра (Véra) in the 19th century.

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Vera c (genitive Veras)

1. a female given name
   • 1867, Zachris Topelius, Fältskärns berättelser, volume 5, Bonnier, page 162:

     Med denna tysta bön smög hon sig sakta bort och inneslöt sig uti sitt rum, för att där ännu »rådgöra med sin Herre och Gud», som hon fordom lärde af sin längesedan hädangångna fromma syster Veronica, efter hvilken Vera hade fått sitt namn, fastän något förkortadt.

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• evar, vare

Borrowed from English Vera, from Russian Ве́ра (Véra).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾa/ [ˈvɛ.ɾɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈbeɾa/ [ˈbɛ.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: Ve‧ra

Vera (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ)

1. a female given name from English