Given name & surname
Veera
Veera is a feminine given name from Russian. It is used in Finnish, Estonian, and Ingrian.
Original RussianВера
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Veera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 719
- 44 boys · 675 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 72 babies
- 2025
- 72
- #2,688 for girls · #10,606 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +39%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 8% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 65 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,688 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 26.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 7 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 869 as a first name in 2020; 183 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Veera’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Veera shares a linguistic root with the English form Vera. In Ingrian usage, Veera was borrowed from the Russian form Вера. Veera has a related form in Vera.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Veera
- Veera Ballala IIIHoysala king1291–1343
- Veera Ballala IIHoysala king
- Veera Vijaya Bukka RayaVijayanagara emperor1422–1426
- Veera RuohoFinnish police officer, politician and taekwondo athleteborn 1969
- Veera Ballala IHoysala king1102–1108
- Veera KauppiFinnish footballer and floorball playerborn 1997
- B. Veera ReddyIndian politician2000–2000
- Veera SaarEstonian writer (1912-2004)
- Veera MattilaFinnish athleteborn 2003
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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