VERA  

Gender: F
Origin: Russian; Latin
Meaning: "faith; truth"

The height of exotic fashion in 1910, but now difficult to picture embroidered on a baby blanket, though some hip parents are beginning to quietly revive it along with other old-fashioned simple names such as Ada and Iris. Verity is truer to today's fashions. Similar names include Vere, Verla, and the Slavic Verra.

Variations:
Verine, Verene, Verina

International Variations:
Verunka, Verushka, Viera (Czech) Veera (Finnish) Verania, Veira, Veranina, Véra, Vérane, Varena, Ver, Vériane, Vreni, Vere (French) Veradis, Veradisia (Latin) Wiercia, Wiera, Wierka (Polish) Vjera, Verasha, Verinka, Verusya, Verka, Verochka (Russian) Verana, Verbena, Verena (Spanish) Wera (Swedish)

People who like Vera also like:

Adelaide, Adeline, Stella, Clementine, Eleanor, Imogen, Iris

Vera is being discussed in our message boards:

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• Clarity
• honoring an old fashioned name
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