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/

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• 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.

   • 2020 January 7, Ashley Strickland, “First US observatory named in honor of a female astronomer, Vera Rubin”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin once mentored fellow aspiring female astronomers and advocated for women in science. It’s fitting that the first national US observatory named for a female astronomer is in her honor.

• 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

Borrowed from Russian Ве́ра (Véra).

Vera f (proper noun, genitive singular Veru)

1. a female given name

• evra

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋerɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋerɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rɑ]
• Rhymes: -erɑ
• Hyphenation: Ve‧ra
• Homophone: verha

Vera

1. alternative form of Veera

Declension of Vera (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	Vera	Verat
genitive	Veran	Verroin
partitive	Verraa	Veroja
illative	Verraa	Verroi
inessive	Veras	Verois
elative	Verast	Veroist
allative	Veralle	Veroille
adessive	Veral	Veroil
ablative	Veralt	Veroilt
translative	Veraks	Veroiks
essive	Veranna, Verraan	Veroinna, Verroin
exessive1)	Verant	Veroint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 654

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
• [2] 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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• evar, vare

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈveɾa/ [ˈvɛː.ɾɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˈbeɾa/ [ˈbɛː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: Ve‧ra

Borrowed from Spanish Vera.

Vera (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ)

1. a surname from Spanish

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

Vera (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ)

1. a female given name from English