Vera
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed in the nineteenth century from the Russian virtue name Ве́ра (Véra, “faith”). By folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera (“true”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vera
- A female given name.
- 1880 Ouida, Moths, Elibron.com (2001), →ISBN, page 51:
- Good night, my Vera. Mind, I shall always call you Vera. It sounds so Russian and nice, and is much prettier than Vere.
- 1953 Eric Linklater, The House of Gair, J.Cape, page 214:
- I killed Vera Cross - - - .I had known her for about three months, and never ceased to wonder if her parents, when they gave her a name, had been totally illiterate or wilfully blasphemous.
- 1880 Ouida, Moths, Elibron.com (2001), →ISBN, page 51:
Usage notes[edit]
- Popular in the Anglo-Saxon world in the 1910s and the 1920s, particularly in England.
Translations[edit]
female given name
Etymology 2[edit]
From Spanish
Proper noun[edit]
Vera
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vera
- A female given name.
Faroese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vera
- A female given name
Usage notes[edit]
Matronymics
- son of Vera: Veruson
- daughter of Vera: Verudóttir
Declension[edit]
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Vera |
| Accusative | Veru |
| Dative | Veru |
| Genitive | Veru |
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Russian Ве́ра (Véra) at the end of the 19th century.
Proper noun[edit]
Vera
- A female given name.
Usage notes[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vera
- A female given name.
Declension[edit]
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Vera | Verák |
| accusative | Verát | Verákat |
| dative | Verának | Veráknak |
| instrumental | Verával | Verákkal |
| causal-final | Veráért | Verákért |
| translative | Verává | Verákká |
| terminative | Veráig | Verákig |
| essive-formal | Veraként | Verákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Verában | Verákban |
| superessive | Verán | Verákon |
| adessive | Veránál | Veráknál |
| illative | Verába | Verákba |
| sublative | Verára | Verákra |
| allative | Verához | Verákhoz |
| elative | Verából | Verákból |
| delative | Veráról | Verákról |
| ablative | Verától | Veráktól |
| Possessive forms of Vera | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Verám | Veráim |
| 2nd person sing. | Verád | Veráid |
| 3rd person sing. | Verája | Verái |
| 1st person plural | Veránk | Veráink |
| 2nd person plural | Verátok | Veráitok |
| 3rd person plural | Verájuk | Veráik |
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vera
- A female given name.
Anagrams[edit]
Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1876. From Russian Ве́ра (Véra).
Proper noun[edit]
Vera f
- A female given name.
- A transliteration of The Russian female given name Ве́ра (Véra).
References[edit]
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Vera was the only given name of 8331 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.
Norwegian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Russian Ве́ра (Véra) in the 1880s.
Proper noun[edit]
Vera
- A female given name.
Portuguese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vera f
- A female given name, equivalent to English Vera
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Russian Ве́ра (Véra) in the 19th century.
Proper noun[edit]
Vera c (genitive Veras)
- A female given name.
- 1867 Zachris Topelius, Fältskärns berättelser, Bonnier (1867), Vol.5, page 162:
- Med denna tysta bön smög hon sig sakta bort och inneslöt sig uti sitt rum, för att där ännu »rådgöra med sin Herre och Gud», som hon fordom lärde af sin längesedan hädangångna fromma syster Veronica, efter hvilken Vera hade fått sitt namn, fastän något förkortadt.
- 1867 Zachris Topelius, Fältskärns berättelser, Bonnier (1867), Vol.5, page 162:
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English Vera, from Russian Ве́ра (Véra).
Proper noun[edit]
Vera
- A female given name
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- English terms derived from Russian
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
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- English female given names
- English female given names from Russian
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English surnames
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- Danish terms derived from Russian
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
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- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese given names
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- German terms derived from Russian
- German lemmas
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- German given names
- German female given names
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- Hungarian given names
- Hungarian female given names
- Icelandic terms derived from Russian
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic given names
- Icelandic female given names
- Latvian terms derived from Russian
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian given names
- Latvian female given names
- lv:Russian female given names
- Norwegian terms derived from Russian
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian female given names
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese female given names
- Swedish terms borrowed from Russian
- Swedish terms derived from Russian
- Swedish lemmas
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- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
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- Tagalog female given names
- Tagalog female given names from English
