Vera is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning “faith and true.” In 2024 it was given to 1,351 girls in the United States.
Vera at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Greek · English & American
Meaning
“faith and true”
Pronunciation
/ˈvɪə.ɹə/
About the name Vera
Vera belongs to the Greek and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “faith and true” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Vera first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #65 in 1915, and in 2024 1,351 babies received the name — 147,970 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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