Vera (given name)


Vera is a female first name of Russian origin, and by folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera meaning true. In Russian, Vera means faith. The name Vera has been used in the English speaking world since the 19th century and was popular in the early 20th century.
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Italian, Spanish, Scandinavian, Slovak, Czech, Greek, Dutch, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Albanian, French, Polish, Armenian, Hungarian, Romanian.
Other scripts: Вера, Βέρα
Diminutives: Veer, Veerke, Verica, Verka or Vierka, Verochka, Verusha.
Other languages: Verel, Věra, Veera, Veer, Wiera, Vira, Viera, Veronique, Veronica

Origin

In the Ancient Greek and Christian faith, Saint Fides, her sisters Spes and Caritas and their mother Sophia, died as martyrs in the second century AD during the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire under the emperor Hadrian. The names are also the words designating the three key Christian virtues mentioned in Apostle Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians.
In the English language, late 13c., verray "true, real, genuine," later "actual, sheer", from Anglo-French verrai, Old French verai "true, truthful, sincere; right, just, legal," from Vulgar Latin *veracus, from Latin verax "truthful," from verus "true", from PIE root *were-o- "true, trustworthy." Meaning "greatly, extremely" is first recorded mid-15c. Used as a pure intensive since Middle English.
In Albanian the meaning of the word "vera" is summer. The Albanian male version of the name Vera is Veriu which has the meaning "north" alb..

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