Vera (given name)

Vera
Pronunciation/ˈvɪərə, ˈvɛrə/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameSlavic
Meaning"Truth" or "Faith"
Region of originEurope
Other names
Nickname(s)Věrka, Věrča, Věruška
Related namesVeronica, Verena, Olivera, Severa
Popularitysee popular names

Vera (Cyrillic: Вера: Véra, "faith") is a female given name of Slavic origin, and by folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera meaning "true". In Slavic languages, Vera means faith.[1] The name Vera has been used in the English speaking world since the 19th century and was popular in the early 20th century.[2] In Turkish Vera means piety.[3]

Gender: Feminine[4]

Other scripts: Вера (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian)

Diminutives: Verica (Serbian and Croatian), Verka or Vierka (Slovakian), Verochka (Russian).

Other languages: Véra (French), Věra (Czech), Veera (Finnish), Wiera (Polish), Vira (Ukrainian), Viera (Slovak), فيرا (Arabic)

  1. ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press.
  3. ^ "Vera".
  4. ^ In the Russian language, Vera may also be a diminutive of the male first names Avenir and Averky.