Vera
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
- A female given name from Russian.
- 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
female given name
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Etymology 2 edit
From Spanish.
Proper noun edit
Vera
- 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
Proper noun edit
Vera
- a female given name
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Russian Ве́ра (Véra).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vera f
- a female given name
- Vera is dol op aloë. ― Vera is fond of aloe.
Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Vera
- 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
Proper noun edit
Vera
- a female given name
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Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vera
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
Proper noun edit
Vera
- 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
- a female given name
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name Ве́ра (Véra).
References edit
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
From Russian Ве́ра (Véra) in the 1880s.
Proper noun edit
Vera
- a female given name
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Vera f (plural Veras)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Vera
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Vera m or f by sense
- a surname
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Vera f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Vera
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian Ве́ра (Véra) in the 19th century.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Vera c (genitive Veras)
- 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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Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Vera, from Russian Ве́ра (Véra).
Pronunciation edit
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Vera (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ)
- a female given name from English