Vera

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Вера in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 3 more, Віра in UA Ukraine, Vërä in EC Ecuador and วีระ in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Vera is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.8M records spelled Vera57 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Germany, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Berna, Bernae, Věra, Véra, Berná

• French given name110K records spelled Vera30 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Berna, Véra, Bern, Vere, Véré

• a separate given name73K records spelled Vera7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, India, Russia

  Also written Věra, Véra, Vêra, Vĕra, Verá

• Indonesian given name40K records spelled Vera8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Vera, Vera', Vèra, Věra, Verá

• Danish given name33K records spelled Vera24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Berna, Berná, Bernå, Věra, Vërå

• Finnish given name22K records spelled Vera7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Vërä, Vëřä, Věra, Véra

• Hindi given name17K records spelled Vera11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Russia

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Véra, Verà, Věra, Vêra, Verá

92 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Vera is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Latin and Slavic origins; Latin vera ‘victory’, Slavic vera ‘faith’.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• Russian name, meaning ‘faith’, introduced to Britain at the beginning of the 20th century. It coincides in form with the feminine form of the Latin adjective verus ‘true’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Spanish, on a river bank, Sp. vera (of pre-Roman origin), or habi¬ tation name from one of the several places named with this word. Venter see Deventer Var.: Veras. Venton 'see Fenton Verbeek see Bach

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

• In English, A skin (rolling paper for cigarettes).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, feminine singular of vero

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Vera Zasulichb. 1849RURussian revolutionary, editor (1849-1919)
• Vera Ignatyevna Mukhinab. 1889LVSoviet sculptor (1889-1953)
• Vera Lynnb. 1917GBBritish singer (1917–2020)
• Vera Rubinb. 1928USAmerican astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)
• Vera Milesb. 1930USAmerican actress (born 1929)
• Věra Čáslavskáb. 1942CZCzechoslovak sports official, artistic gymnast and coach (1942–2016)
• Vera Wangb. 1949USAmerican fashion designer (born 1939)
• Vera Lúcia Fischerb. 1951BRBrazilian actress (born 1951)
• Mindy Kalingb. 1979USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, writer, and comedian
• Vera Zvonarevab. 1984RURussian tennis player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,573 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Vera?

We estimate roughly 501 thousand people bear Vera (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Vera have the most bearers?

Vera is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled вера.

Where is Vera most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Vera is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 116 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Vera compared with other names?

In Russia, Vera is the 43rd most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Vera a male or female name?

Vera is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Vera mean?

Recorded meaning: From Slavic vera ‘faith’, later used in Russian and other languages.