Girl name · Slavic
Vera
Name meaning, origin and popularity
: faith, a Christian virtueVera is a girl's name that comes from Slavic and means "faith, a Christian virtue". It is used in Russian, English and German.
- Meaning
- Faith, a Christian virtue
- Origin
- Slavic
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VEER-a
Meaning and origin of Vera
As a girl's name, Vera comes from Slavic and means "faith, a Christian virtue". It is used in Russian, English and German.
Say it VEER-a. Respellings are a guide; accents vary by region.
Vera is also a surname: the 1,043rd most common in the 2020 US Census, held by 33,109 people. See the most common last names.
Its meaning puts Vera on our names that mean hope list.
Meanings come from published name dictionaries, led by Behind the Name. How we research names
Vera on Nomezo lists
What our editors wrote about Vera on 2 lists.
“Faith; Slavic, one of three virtue names. Diminutive Verochka”
From Russian girl names, slavic girl names
“Faith; Russian. Say VEER-a”
From Vintage girl names, old fashioned girl names from the 1900s to 1920s
How popular is Vera?
- US rank in 2025
- #205
- 1,482 babies, 922 per million girls
- Best rank
- #65 in 1915
- Most babies: 3,923 in 1918
- Babies since 1880
- At least 149,456
- Years with under 5 are not listed
| 1880s | 1,040 per million |
|---|---|
| 1890s | 2,871 per million |
| 1900s | 3,572 per million |
| 1910s | 3,468 per million |
| 1920s | 2,722 per million |
| 1930s | 1,690 per million |
| 1940s | 842 per million |
| 1950s | 574 per million |
| 1960s | 330 per million |
| 1970s | 146 per million |
| 1980s | 76 per million |
| 1990s | 48 per million |
| 2000s | 87 per million |
| 2010s | 517 per million |
| 2020s | 826 per million |
| Year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | #308 | #280 | #257 | #253 | #246 | #229 | #224 | #224 | #226 | #205 |
Source: US Social Security Administration baby-name data, 1880 to 2025, as published in 2026. Each spelling is counted separately, a name given to fewer than 5 babies of one sex in a year is left out, and few people born before 1937 have records, which is why the chart shows babies per million rather than raw counts.
Names spelled like Vera
One or two letters apart, but from a different root: they look alike without sharing a meaning.
- VegaMeadow in Spanish; in English, the bright star (Spanish and Arabic, girl)
- VeroPet form of Verónica (Spanish, girl)
- VardaRose (Hebrew, girl)
- VaryaShort form of Varvara, foreign woman (Greek, girl)
- VeredRose (Hebrew, girl)
- VidaLife (Ladino, girl)
- VikaShort form of Viktoria, victory (Latin, girl)
Names with a similar meaning
- NajmuddinStar of the faith (Arabic, boy)
- ShamsuddinSun of the faith (Arabic, boy)
- Ala ad-DinExcellence of the faith (Arabic, boy)
- AretiVirtue (Greek, girl)
- Burhan ad-DinProof of the faith (Arabic, boy)
- DohyeonPath of virtue (depends on characters) (Korean, boy)
- DonghyeonVirtue of the east (depends on hanja) (Korean, boy)
- ErdemVirtue (Turkish, boy)
- EsperanzaThe virtue of hope (Spanish, girl)
- FaithFaith, trust (English, girl)
- FeFaith (Latin, girl)
- GwanghyeonLight and virtue (depends on hanja) (Korean, boy)
- HopeThe virtue of hope (English, girl)
- IhyeonBenefit and virtue (depends on hanja) (Korean, boy)
- ImanFaith, belief (Arabic, girl)
Middle names for Vera
Picked from our middle-name lists with a different first letter and a longer length, so the full name flows.
More girl names from Slavic
- NadiaHope (Slavic, girl)
- MilanGracious, dear; a short form of Slavic Mil- names (Slavic, unisex)
- MilaGracious, dear (Slavic, girl)
- MilenaGracious, dear (Slavic, girl)
- MiraPeace, from Slavic Mir- names; in Sanskrit, sea (Slavic, girl)
- KalinaViburnum shrub (Slavic, girl)
- BogumiłaDear to God (Slavic, girl)
- BożenaDivine, of God (Slavic, girl)
- BronisławaProtection and glory (Slavic, girl)
- DanicaMorning star (Slavic, girl)
- DarinaGift (Slavic, girl)
- DobrosławaGood glory (Slavic, girl)
- JarosławaFierce glory (Slavic, girl)
- KazimieraDestroyer of peace (Slavic, girl)
- LudmilaGracious to the people (Slavic, girl)
- LudmiłaFavor of the people (Slavic, girl)
- LyubaShort form of Lyubov, love (Slavic, girl)
- LyubovLove, a Christian virtue (Slavic, girl)
Vera: common questions
What does the name Vera mean?
Vera comes from Slavic and means "faith, a Christian virtue".
Is Vera a boy or girl name?
Vera is mainly a girl's name.
Where does the name Vera come from?
Vera comes from Slavic and means "faith, a Christian virtue". Today it is used in Russian, English and German.
How do you pronounce Vera?
Say VEER-a. Pronunciation can vary between languages and regions.
How popular is the name Vera?
Vera ranked #205 in the US in 2025, with 1,482 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.
What names are similar to Vera?
Names spelled like Vera include Vega, Vero, Varda, Varya and Vered.
What middle names go with Vera?
Middle names that flow well with Vera include Brooke, Clementine, Crystal, Harmony and Paige. A different first letter and a contrasting length usually sound best.