Vera (given name)

Vera
Pronunciation	/ˈvɪərə, ˈvɛrə/
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Slavic
Meaning	"Truth" or "Faith"
Region of origin	Europe
Other names
Nickname(s)	Věrka, Věrča, Věruška
Related names	Veronica, Verena, Olivera, Severa
Popularity	see 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)

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

[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".

[RusNote-4] In the Russian language, Vera may also be a diminutive of the male first names Avenir and Averky.

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Vera (given name)

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