Given name & surname
Wera
Wera is used as a given name and a surname. Wera is connected with Vera.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Polish use, Wera is used as a form of Vera.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1931. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1931
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wera’s family of names
Wera shares a linguistic root with Vera. In Polish usage, Wera has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Вера. Wera is a form of Vera.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Wera has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Wera
- Wiro of Roermondmissionary, bishop and saint601–753
- Wera EngelsGerman actress (1904–1988)
- Wera FrydtbergGerman actress (1926–2008)
- Wera HobhouseGerman-British politician (born 1960)
- Wera LiessemGerman actress (1913–1991)1909–1991
- Wera BlankeGerman actress and Esperantistborn 1933
- Wera SætherNorwegian writerborn 1945
- Wera Meyer-WaldeckGerman architect1906–1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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