as a First Name
(Russian) name, meaning ‘faith’. It coincides in form with the feminine form of the Latin adjective verus ‘true’. It was introduced to Britain at the beginning of the 20th century and was popular in the early decades, notably borne by the singer Vera Lynn, ‘The Forces Sweetheart’ (b. 1917 as Vera Welch), but has since gone out of fashion.
| 557th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 88,788
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 109,919
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Vera per capita
- 1911
- marked the height of its popularity
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