Given name

Verah

Verah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Verah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Verah through the years

Babies since 1880
39
0 boys · 39 girls
Most popular year
2014
7 babies
2025
6
#14,811 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012342025Highest share 20143.7
Verah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2013–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,811 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2014.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Verah’s family of names

Verah has a related form in Vera.

Walk Verah’s family in the name graph

VerahVeraVerrah

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Verah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Ellsa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Israa

25RareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Enara

“swallow”

16Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Elsee

12Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Jacyra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Rhayna

12Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Nevaya

12Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Syiah

11Very rare

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Verah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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