Given name & surname
Viera
“a lively woman”
Viera is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “a lively woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “a lively woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Viera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 240
- 0 boys · 240 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #7,111 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −14%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,111 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 459 as a first name in 2020; 11,166 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.
Viera’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Viera has a diminutive in VIERKA. Viera has a related form in Vera. In Slovak usage, Viera has a conventional equivalent in the English form Vera.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Viera has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Veravariant · English
- Vierravariant
- Vyerrahvariant
- Vyerravariant
- Vyerahvariant
- Vyeravariant
- Vierrahvariant
- Vierahvariant
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Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Veeraequivalent
- Viraequivalent
- Weraequivalent
- Віраequivalent
- Věraequivalent
- Wieraequivalent
- Вераequivalent
- Véraequivalent
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People named Viera
- Viera PodhányiováCzechoslovak field hockey playerborn 1960
- Viera Ellongfootballerborn 1987
- Viera TomanováSlovak Minister of Labour and Social Affairs and politicianborn 1948
- Viera StrniskováSlovak actress1929–2013
- Viera ProkešováSlovak writer (1957-2008)
- Viera PetríkováSlovak politicianborn 1957
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