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Вера
“faith, belief”
Вера (Véra) is a feminine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian, Belarusian, Macedonian, and Pannonian Rusyn.
Belarusian and Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and Serbian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Vera.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Вера goes back to Old Church Slavonic вѣра, meaning “faith, belief.”
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Where it comes from
Вера comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
From Old Church Slavonic Вѣра, from Old Church Slavonic вѣра (“faith, belief”), from Ancient Greek Πίστις.
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Вера’s family of names
In Russian usage, Вера has a diminutive in Вера́ня. In Russian usage, Вера shares a linguistic root with the English form Faith. In Russian usage, Вера has a conventional equivalent in the Swedish form Vera.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Вера has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
17 related names in 14 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Faithcognate · English
- Veeraborrowing · izh
- Viraequivalent
- Vieraequivalent
- WeraPolish
- ΒέραGreek
- WiaraPolish
- VěraCzech
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People named Вера
- Vera MukhinaSoviet sculptor (1889-1953)
- Vera ZvonarevaRussian tennis playerborn 1984
- Vera ZasulichRussian revolutionary, editor (1849-1919)
- Vera KholodnayaUkrainian-born actress of Imperial Russian silent cinema (1893–1919)
- Vera AlentovaSoviet and Russian actress (1942–2025)
- Vera PanovaSoviet writer, playwright, journalist, screenwriter (1905–1973)
- Vera FignerRussian political activist (1852-1942)
- Vera Yevstafievna PopovaRussian chemist (1867–1896)
- Vera DushevinaRussian female tennis playerborn 1986
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