Vera (given name)

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Vera (Cyrillic: Вера: Véra) is a female given name of Slavic origin, the translation of old Christian name with Latin form Fides (Faith, Foy)[1] and Greek Πίστις (Pistis).

Pronunciation/ˈvɪərə, ˈvɛrə/
GenderFemale
Word/nameSlavic
Meaning"Faith"
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Vera
Pronunciation/ˈvɪərə, ˈvɛrə/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameSlavic
Meaning"Faith"
Region of originEurope
Other names
NicknamesVěrka, Věrča, Věruška
Popularitysee popular names
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The name Vera has been used in the English speaking world since the 19th century and was popular in the early 20th century.[2]

Cyrillic script: Вера (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian)

Diminutives: Verica (Serbian and Croatian), Verka or Vierka (Slovak), Verka, Verochka, Verunya, Verushka (Russian), Veer or Veertje (Dutch).

Other languages: Véra (French), Věra (Czech), Veera (Finnish), Wiera, Wiara (Polish), Ukrainian: Віра, romanized: Vira, Viera (Slovak), فيرا (Arabic)

In Turkish Vera means piety.[3] It is usually a feminine name.

Origin

In the Ancient Greek Christian faith, Saint Fides (Faith or Vera), her sisters Spes (Hope) and Caritas (Love) (saints Faith, Hope and Charity) and their mother Sophia (Wisdom), died as martyrs in the second century AD during the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire under the emperor Hadrian. The names are also the words designating the three key Christian virtues mentioned in Apostle Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 13:13).

Thus the name Vera entered the Russian culture as part of the trio: Vera, Nadezhda, and Lyubov as a calque from Greek of the names of saints. In the 9th century, when liturgical books were translated into Church Slavonic, the sisters' names were also translated. In the Russian tradition, these four saints are now very popular, with their feast day on September 30th.

In the Russian naming tradition, the names Vera, Nadezhda, and Lyubov were not used for a very long time—until the beginning of the 18th century. The French saint with this name is little known in Orthodox countries.

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