Given name · Ukrainian
Віра
“faith, belief”
Віра (Víra) is a feminine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Vìra.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Віра goes back to Old Church Slavonic вѣра, meaning “faith, belief.”
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Where it comes from
Віра 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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Віра’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Віра has a transliteration in Vìra. In Ukrainian usage, Віра can be written in the Roman alphabet as Víra. In Ukrainian usage, Віра has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Вера.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Віра
- Vera BrezhnevaUkrainian-Russian pop-singerborn 1982
- Vira VovkUkrainian writer, critic, and translator (1926–2022)
- Vira MisevychUkrainian Soviet equestrian (1945–1995)
- Vira HyrychUkrainian journalist and radio producer1967–2022
- Vira ZozulyaUkrainian racewalkerborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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