Vera Forename
261st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,223,084 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Moldova
Vera Forename Definition:
A female name. Russian Vjera ‘faith’. Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 does not know this as an English name. Ouida in Moths (1860) and Marion Crawford in A Cigarette-Maker’s Romance (1890) both used the name, but both thought it necessary to explain it.
Read More About This ForenameVera Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 100% | 491,828 | 1:93 | 31 |
| Russia | 100% | 464,214 | 1:311 | 74 |
| Brazil | 98% | 396,471 | 1:540 | 63 |
| United States | 100% | 110,973 | 1:3,267 | 554 |
| Germany | 100% | 91,577 | 1:1,056 | 239 |
| Serbia | 100% | 54,445 | 1:131 | 17 |
| England | 100% | 45,929 | 1:1,211 | 249 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 45,239 | 1:5,702 | 719 |
| Moldova | 100% | 43,118 | 1:83 | 19 |
| Portugal | - | 39,230 | 1:265 | 60 |
| Czechia | 100% | 37,363 | 1:285 | 77 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 35,900 | 1:494 | 117 |
| Ghana | 100% | 23,036 | 1:1,171 | 242 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 22,182 | 1:8,005 | 1,129 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 17,599 | 1:960 | 203 |
| Belarus | 100% | 17,501 | 1:542 | 97 |
| Italy | 100% | 14,925 | 1:4,091 | 420 |
| Latvia | 100% | 13,504 | 1:149 | 25 |
| Angola | 100% | 13,496 | 1:1,998 | 405 |
| Canada | 100% | 11,519 | 1:2,876 | 544 |
| Croatia | 100% | 11,373 | 1:371 | 98 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 11,360 | 1:737 | 138 |
| Spain | 100% | 11,101 | 1:4,192 | 437 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 11,043 | 1:2,788 | 571 |
| Belgium | 100% | 9,972 | 1:1,152 | 277 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 9,237 | 1:226 | 23 |
| Mozambique | - | 9,120 | 1:2,987 | 632 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 7,874 | 1:759 | 113 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 6,718 | 1:1,041 | 214 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 5,978 | 1:590 | 136 |
| Georgia | 98% | 5,751 | 1:650 | 146 |
| Albania | 100% | 5,370 | 1:567 | 61 |
| Sweden | 100% | 5,370 | 1:1,836 | 292 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5,211 | 1:915 | 197 |
| Cameroon | 99% | 5,087 | 1:4,248 | 704 |
| Israel | 100% | 4,734 | 1:1,775 | 381 |
| Kenya | 100% | 4,684 | 1:9,886 | 1,268 |
| Austria | 100% | 4,530 | 1:1,880 | 272 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,253 | 1:12,822 | 2,039 |
| Zambia | - | 4,144 | 1:3,826 | 591 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3,951 | 1:2,079 | 406 |
| Malawi | 100% | 3,617 | 1:4,731 | 710 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 3,502 | 1:702 | 184 |
| Lithuania | 94% | 3,345 | 1:882 | 201 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3,335 | 1:1,392 | 239 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,019 | 1:955 | 247 |
| Denmark | - | 2,988 | 1:1,891 | 317 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2,894 | 1:16,510 | 1,228 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2,766 | 1:229 | 40 |
| Greece | 100% | 2,634 | 1:4,151 | 333 |
| Australia | - | 2,619 | 1:5,215 | 673 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2,606 | 1:3,757 | 226 |
| Egypt | 89% | 2,429 | 1:37,835 | 2,396 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,368 | 1:1,307 | 282 |
| Norway | 100% | 2,320 | 1:2,212 | 392 |
| India | 70% | 2,301 | 1:527,978 | 41,701 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2,038 | 1:1,432 | 285 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1,885 | 1:5,116 | 864 |
| Mexico | 99% | 1,884 | 1:65,894 | 2,103 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1,858 | 1:3,029 | 528 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1,759 | 1:2,508 | 363 |
| France | 100% | 1,683 | 1:39,495 | 1,340 |
| China | - | 1,485 | 1:919,903 | 33,195 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,364 | 1:3,923 | 426 |
| Philippines | 98% | 1,363 | 1:77,777 | 4,785 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,321 | 1:39,961 | 3,186 |
| Thailand | 81% | 1,285 | 1:54,526 | 5,684 |
| Kosovo | - | 1,279 | 1:1,455 | 363 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1,196 | 1:4,576 | 426 |
| Poland | 98% | 1,131 | 1:33,623 | 1,028 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1,091 | 1:436 | 93 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 1,048 | 1:70,446 | 4,126 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 1,008 | 1:15,981 | 1,077 |
| Romania | 100% | 956 | 1:20,975 | 1,478 |
| Finland | 100% | 931 | 1:5,890 | 634 |
| Cape Verde | - | 910 | 1:581 | 74 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 771 | 1:2,391 | 368 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 632 | 1:2,154 | 423 |
| Estonia | 100% | 596 | 1:2,207 | 473 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 592 | 1:953 | 200 |
| New Zealand | - | 581 | 1:7,807 | 914 |
| Malaysia | 89% | 534 | 1:57,022 | 4,549 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 505 | 1:482 | 130 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 485 | 1:1,796 | 280 |
| Morocco | - | 464 | 1:74,027 | 2,699 |
| Bahamas | - | 460 | 1:868 | 226 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 424 | 1:71,231 | 3,658 |
| Peru | 99% | 408 | 1:77,920 | 3,152 |
| Honduras | 100% | 397 | 1:22,210 | 1,530 |
| Argentina | 100% | 383 | 1:111,679 | 1,964 |
| Kuwait | - | 361 | 1:10,485 | 1,245 |
| Papua New Guinea | 76% | 347 | 1:23,494 | 2,332 |
| Suriname | 100% | 329 | 1:1,680 | 382 |
| Barbados | - | 309 | 1:938 | 222 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 309 | 1:33,758 | 2,629 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 308 | 1:19,540 | 1,502 |
| Iraq | 100% | 275 | 1:127,338 | 2,744 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 272 | 1:12,602 | 861 |
| El Salvador | - | 235 | 1:26,986 | 1,213 |
| Jordan | 100% | 231 | 1:38,211 | 1,400 |
| Singapore | 82% | 221 | 1:28,448 | 5,819 |
| Zimbabwe | 66% | 210 | 1:73,447 | 5,758 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 206 | 1:35,130 | 1,627 |
| Guyana | 100% | 200 | 1:3,816 | 726 |
| Hong Kong | - | 188 | 1:41,238 | 2,450 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 180 | 1:472 | 119 |
| Congo | 72% | 172 | 1:29,123 | 2,653 |
| Panama | 100% | 166 | 1:23,533 | 2,190 |
| Qatar | 100% | 156 | 1:15,190 | 2,346 |
| Turkey | 99% | 155 | 1:501,947 | 7,001 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 124 | 1:28,631 | 1,075 |
| Uganda | 100% | 124 | 1:330,298 | 9,189 |
| Fiji | - | 115 | 1:7,760 | 1,571 |
| Iceland | 97% | 113 | 1:3,239 | 461 |
| Palestine | 100% | 105 | 1:43,334 | 1,419 |
| Malta | - | 91 | 1:4,718 | 654 |
| Guam | - | 87 | 1:1,847 | 398 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 80 | 1:297,121 | 21,865 |
| Aruba | - | 79 | 1:1,314 | 269 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 78 | 1:1,997 | 462 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 78 | 1:2,280 | 422 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 72 | 1:73,751 | 873 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 67 | 1:1,638 | 333 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 66 | 1:831 | 163 |
| Greenland | - | 61 | 1:924 | 209 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 55 | 1:1,807 | 380 |
| Dominica | - | 53 | 1:1,424 | 267 |
| Chile | 82% | 51 | 1:345,239 | 4,938 |
| Jersey | - | 49 | 1:2,040 | 372 |
| Namibia | - | 46 | 1:52,265 | 3,188 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 44 | 1:860 | 191 |
| French Polynesia | - | 43 | 1:6,463 | 978 |
| Iran | 100% | 43 | 1:1,825,509 | 11,747 |
| Bermuda | - | 41 | 1:1,581 | 369 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 38 | 1:188,210 | 12,819 |
| Grenada | 100% | 36 | 1:3,003 | 573 |
| Japan | - | 34 | 1:3,764,296 | 25,024 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 32 | 1:6,000 | 891 |
| Ecuador | - | 31 | 1:571,836 | 5,755 |
| Pakistan | 58% | 28 | 1:6,941,346 | 58,753 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 26 | 1:4,292 | 768 |
| Ivory Coast | 78% | 21 | 1:1,098,854 | 31,525 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 16 | 1:3,831 | 730 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Ethiopia | - | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| South Korea | - | 16 | 1:346,526 | 10,365 |
| Macau | - | 15 | 1:40,547 | 508 |
| Nauru | 100% | 15 | 1:795 | 113 |
| Belize | 100% | 14 | 1:25,308 | 2,585 |
| Afghanistan | 67% | 13 | 1:2,509,501 | 20,196 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 13 | 1:1,020 | 161 |
| Cuba | - | 12 | 1:958,879 | 3,652 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| San Marino | 100% | 12 | 1:2,743 | 338 |
| Cambodia | 90% | 11 | 1:1,479,394 | 19,817 |
| Haiti | - | 11 | 1:975,178 | 14,386 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Andorra | - | 9 | 1:9,210 | 586 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 9 | 1:3,472 | 705 |
| Burundi | - | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Monaco | 100% | 9 | 1:4,274 | 738 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 9 | 1:64,551 | 3,816 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Tunisia | - | 8 | 1:84,613 | 5,494 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 7 | 1:7,018 | 922 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Nepal | 50% | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
The alternate forms: Věra (75,231), Véra (447), Vèra (5), Verá (3), Verà (1) & Vêra (1) are calculated separately.
Vera (776,996) may also be a surname.
Vera Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Russian Vjera ‘faith’. Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 does not know this as an English name. Ouida in Moths (1860) and Marion Crawford in A Cigarette-Maker’s Romance (1890) both used the name, but both thought it necessary to explain it. Its popularity at the beginning of the 20th C was probably due to the second of these novels.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
In Serbia, this f. ‘Christian’ derives from a Slavonic word signifying ‘faith’, but in England it derives from the Latin, ‘(a) true (woman).’
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Latin (feminine) - True.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Truth.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Vera Forename Popularity
Vera Demographics
Vera Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 15,431 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Vera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vera in the Russian language | ||
| Вера | vera | - |
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