Vera: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced VEER-uh · 2 syllables

Vera means “faith; true”, from Slavic and Latin.

Borrowed in the nineteenth century from the Russian virtue name (Vera, “faith”). By folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera (“true”).

How popular is Vera?

Vera was the #205 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,482 babies. It’s rising: up 77% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1900.

Babies named Vera in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1900).

Half of US adults named Vera are older than 70; most are between 28 and 91. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Vera have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Vera means “faith; true”. It comes from Slavic and Latin.

Vera is pronounced VEER-uh.

Vera was the #205 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,482 babies. It’s rising: up 77% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1900.

Half of US adults named Vera are older than 70. Most are between 28 and 91.