Vera (given name)

Vera is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

The name comes from the Slavic languages ​​and means " faith, confidence, trust ." He is one of the three named after the Christian virtues names ( see also Lyubov and Nadezhda ). All three are translations of the Greek name pistis ( "faith", the Latin fides ), Elpis ( "Hope", Latin spes ) and agape ( "love", the Latin caritas ) that came with the worship of the saints of the same name to Russia; the mother of the legendary saint was Sophia ( " Wisdom ", Latin sapientia ). In addition, Vera exists in Latin meaning " true " or " the truth ". The masculine form Verus is assigned as the name in ancient times.

Name day is 24 January.

Holy

  • Wera of Utrecht (also: Wiro of Roermond; † about 753 ), saint of the Catholic Church

Variants

  • Bulgarian: Vera ( Вера )
  • Finnish: Veera
  • Croatian: Vjera
  • Lithuanian: Verute
  • Polish: Wiera
  • Serbian: Vera ( Bepa )
  • Slovak: Viera
  • Czech: Věra
  • Latvian: Vaira
  • Russian: Vera ( Вера )
  • German: Vera

Name winners

  • Vera Balser -Eberle (1897-1982), Austrian actress
  • Vera Felicity Birkenbihl (1946-2011), German essayist and management trainer
  • Vera Böhnisch (* 1986), Austrian singer
  • Vera Bohle (* 1969), German television editor and Minenräumerin
  • Vera Brühne (1910-2001), alleged double murderer, ex-wife of Lothar Brühne
  • Věra Čáslavská ( b. 1942 ), Czech gymnast
  • Věra Chytilová (1929-2014), Czech film director and screenwriter
  • Véra Clouzot (1913-1960), French-Brazilian actress
  • Vera Dua ( born 1952 ), Belgian politician
  • Wera Sergejewna Iljina (* 1974), Russian water jumper
  • Vera Ferra - Mikura (1923-1997), Austrian children's book author
  • Wera Frydtberg (1926-2008), German actress
  • Vera Henriksen (* 1927), Norwegian writer
  • Vera Mikhailovna Inber (1890-1972), Russian writer
  • Vera Mikhailovna Jermolajewa (1893-1937), Russian painter
  • Wera Jakovlevna Komissowa (* 1953), Russian track and field athlete
  • Wera Wassiljewna Korsakowa (* 1941), Russian track and field athlete
  • Wera chef (1929-2013), German writer
  • Vera Stadtlengsfeld (* 1952), German politician
  • Věra Linhartová ( born 1938 ), Czech writer
  • Vera Lischka ( born 1977 ), Austrian politician and former swimmer
  • Věra Ludíková ( born 1943 ), Czech poet
  • Vera Lynn ( * 1917 ), British singer
  • Vera Menchik (1906-1944), Russian chess player
  • Vera Miles ( born 1929 ), American film actress
  • Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina (1889-1953), Russian sculptor
  • Vera Nikolić ( born 1948 ), Serbian athlete
  • Wera Apollonowna Obolenskaya (1911-1944), French partisan
  • Věra Pospíšilová - Cechlová (born 1978 ), Czech athlete
  • Vera Konstantinovna Romanova (1854-1912), Grand Duchess of Russia
  • Vera Konstantinovna Romanova (1906-2001), member of the House of Romanov
  • Vera Rubin ( b. 1928 ), American astronomer
  • Vera Russwurm (* 1959), Austrian television presenter
  • Věra Suková (1931-1982), Czech tennis player
  • Vera Zvonareva (* 1984), Russian tennis player
  • Vera Tschechowa (* 1940), German actress and producer
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