Vera

“Faith; folk-linked to the Latin word for true” — Russian, with folk link to Latin origin

Girl's name · #205 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Vera was #65 in 1915, slipped to #2339 by 1999, and has climbed back to #205 today. Roughly 149,000 girls have been named Vera since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: #1 in Sweden (2025) · #26 in Denmark (2025) · #33 in Spain (2024) · #39 in Finland (Swedish-sp.) (2025) · #81 in Norway (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Veras

Vera Farmiga — American actress (born 1973)
Vera Rubin — American astronomer and physicist (1928-2016)
Vera Mukhina — Soviet sculptor (1889-1953)
Vera Lynn — British singer (1917–2020)
Věra Čáslavská — Czechoslovak sports official, artistic gymnast and coach (1942–2016)

In stories & tradition

Vera Rossakoff — The Double Clue · The Big Four
Vera Duckworth — Coronation Street
Vera Juarez — Torchwood

What Veras become

Among 3,301 notable people named Vera:

Medical professionals appear 1.95× more often than among typical names — e.g. Vera Gedroits, Russified Polish surgeon, writer and princess (1870-1932).

Similar names: Lucille · Veda · Cora · Leona · June · Lana

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