Vera

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɪə.ɹə/ Rhymes: -ɪəɹə ==== Proper noun ==== Vera A female given name from Russian. 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. ===== Usage notes ===== Popular in the Anglo-sphere around the 1910s and the 1920s, particularly in England. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Spanish. ==== Proper noun ==== Vera A surname from Spanish. ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Vera is the 1031st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 33,674 individuals. Vera is most common among Hispanic/Latino (91.02%) individuals. === Anagrams === AVRE, Rave, aver, evar, rave, vare == Danish == === Etymology === From Russian Ве́ра (Véra). === Proper noun === Vera a female given name == Dutch == === Etymology === Ultimately from Russian Ве́ра (Véra). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈveː.raː/ Hyphenation: Ve‧ra Rhymes: -eːraː === Proper noun === Vera f a female given name Vera is dol op aloë. ― Vera is fond of aloe. == Faroese == === Proper noun === Vera a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics Vera's son: Veruson Vera's daughter: Verudóttir ==== Declension ==== == German == === Etymology === From Russian Ве́ра (Véra) at the end of the 19th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈveːʁa/ Hyphenation: Ve‧ra === Proper noun === Vera a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Also used as a diminutive of Veronika and Verena. == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvɛrɒ] Hyphenation: Ve‧ra Rhymes: -rɒ === Proper noun === Vera a female given name ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian Ве́ра (Véra). === Proper noun === Vera f (proper noun, genitive singular Veru) a female given name ==== Declension ==== === Anagrams === evra == Ingrian == === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋerɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rɑˑ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋerɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rɑˑ] Rhymes: -erɑ Hyphenation: Ve‧ra Homophone: verha === Proper noun === Vera alternative form of Veera ==== Declension ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 654 == Latvian == === Etymology === First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1876. From Russian Ве́ра (Véra). === Proper noun === Vera f a female given name a transliteration of the Russian female given name Ве́ра (Véra) === References === 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. == Norwegian == === Etymology === From Russian Ве́ра (Véra) in the 1880s. === Proper noun === Vera a female given name == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ Homophone: vera Hyphenation: Ve‧ra === Proper noun === Vera f (plural Veras) a female given name, equivalent to English Vera == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeɾa/ [ˈbe.ɾa] Rhymes: -eɾa Syllabification: Ve‧ra === Etymology 1 === ==== Proper noun ==== Vera m or f by sense a surname === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Vera f a female given name, equivalent to English Vera == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian Ве́ра (Véra) in the 19th century. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Vera c (genitive Veras) a female given name === Anagrams === evar, vare == Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈveɾa/ [ˈvɛː.ɾɐ] IPA(key): (with nativization) /ˈbeɾa/ [ˈbɛː.ɾɐ] Rhymes: -eɾa Syllabification: Ve‧ra === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Spanish Vera. ==== Proper noun ==== Vera (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) a surname from Spanish ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English Vera, from Russian Ве́ра (Véra). ==== Proper noun ==== Vera (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ) a female given name from English