Meaning & origin
Věra’s family of names
In Czech usage, Věra has a diminutive in Verunka. In Czech usage, Věra has a conventional equivalent in the English form Faith. In Czech usage, Věra has a conventional equivalent in the English form Vera.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Věra has relatives in 10 languages.
15 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- VeraEnglish, German
- FaithEnglish
- Veeraequivalent
- Viraequivalent
- Vieraequivalent
- Weraequivalent
- FoyFrench
- Віраequivalent
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People named Věra
- Věra ČáslavskáCzechoslovak sports official, artistic gymnast and coach (1942–2016)
- Vera MenchikCzech chess player (1906–1944)
- Věra ChytilováCzech film director (1929–2014)
- Věra JourováCzech politician, businesswoman, jurist and university teacher (born 1964)
- Vera RalstonCzech-born figure skater and actor1920–2003
- Věra Pospíšilová-CechlováCzech discus throwerborn 1978
- Věra RůžičkováOlympic gymnast (1928-2018)
- Věra SukováCzechoslovak tennis player (1931-1982)
- Věra BíláCzech Roma singer (1954-2019)
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Similar names
If you love Věra, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Vìra
“faith, belief”
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Víra
“faith, belief”
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Vjera
“faith, belief”
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Vjéra
“faith, belief”
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Vertu
“having moral excellence, chastity, and goodness”
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Vertue
“having moral excellence, chastity, and goodness”
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Ebera
“one who shows mercy”
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Yerrah
“having bitter grace; refers to the Virgin Mary”
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