Vera

See also: vera, verá, and Věra

English

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɪə.ɹə/

Proper noun

Vera

  1. A female given name.
    • 1880 Ouida, Moths, Elibron.com (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.
Usage notes
  • Popular in the Anglo-Saxon world in the 1910s and the 1920s, particularly in England.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Spanish

Proper noun

Vera

  1. A surname​ of Spanish origin.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Russian Ве́ра (Véra).

Proper noun

Vera

  1. A female given name.

Faroese

Proper noun

Vera

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

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

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Vera
Accusative Veru
Dative Veru
Genitive Veru

German

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Vera

  1. A female given name.

Usage notes

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Ve‧ra

Proper noun

Vera

  1. A female given name.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Vera Verák
accusative Verát Verákat
dative Verának Veráknak
instrumental Verával Verákkal
causal-final Veráért Verákért
translative Verává Verákká
terminative Veráig Verákig
essive-formal Veraként Verákként
essive-modal — —
inessive Verában Verákban
superessive Verán Verákon
adessive Veránál Veráknál
illative Verába Verákba
sublative Verára Verákra
allative Verához Verákhoz
elative Verából Verákból
delative Veráról Verákról
ablative Verától Veráktól
Possessive forms of Vera
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Verám Veráim
2nd person sing. Verád Veráid
3rd person sing. Verája Verái
1st person plural Veránk Veráink
2nd person plural Verátok Veráitok
3rd person plural Verájuk Veráik

Icelandic

Etymology

From Russian Ве́ра (Véra).

Proper noun

Vera

  1. A female given name.

Anagrams

Latvian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Vera f

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

References

  • 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.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Russian Ве́ра (Véra) in the 1880s.

Proper noun

Vera

  1. A female given name.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Vera f

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Vera

Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Vera c (genitive Veras)

  1. A female given name.
    • 1867 Zachris Topelius, Fältskärns berättelser, Bonnier (1867), Vol.5, 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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