See also: vera, verá, and Věra

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

Proper noun edit

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

Etymology 2 edit

From Spanish.

Proper noun edit

Vera

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

Anagrams edit

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Russian Ве́ра (Véra).

Proper noun edit

Vera

  1. a female given name

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Russian Ве́ра (Véra).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈveː.raː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Ve‧ra
  • Rhymes: -eːraː

Proper noun edit

Vera f

  1. a female given name
    Vera is dol op aloë.Vera is fond of aloe.

Faroese edit

Proper noun edit

Vera

  1. a female given name

Usage notes edit

Matronymics

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

Declension edit

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Vera
Accusative Veru
Dative Veru
Genitive Veru

German edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈveːʁa/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Ve‧ra

Proper noun edit

Vera

  1. a female given name

Usage notes edit

Hungarian edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Vera

  1. a female given name

Declension edit

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
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Veráé Veráké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Veráéi Verákéi
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 edit

Etymology edit

From Russian Ве́ра (Véra).

Proper noun edit

Vera

  1. a female given name

Anagrams edit

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

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

Proper noun edit

Vera f

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

References edit

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

Norwegian edit

Etymology edit

From Russian Ве́ра (Véra) in the 1880s.

Proper noun edit

Vera

  1. a female given name

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 
 

Proper noun edit

Vera f (plural Veras)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Vera

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Proper noun edit

Vera m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Etymology 2 edit

Proper noun edit

Vera f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Vera

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Ve‧ra
  • IPA(key): /ˈveɾa/, [ˈvɛ.ɾɐ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbeɾa/, [ˈbɛ.ɾɐ]

Proper noun edit

Vera (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ)

  1. a female given name from English