Vera
From Latin, carrying the sense of "faith". Exclusively a girl's name, still rare enough that most Poles have never met one, though it's climbing: more girls were given it last year than in any year before.
Vera Pronunciation
What Vera means
Where Vera comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Vera has a double root. In Latin, verus means true, and that adjective stands behind the name for anyone who traces words back. In Russian, vera is an ordinary noun for faith, and Russian speakers hear the meaning without any effort. Polish gives the same idea as wiara.
Because of that Russian association, Vera reads as a name about belief rather than plain truthfulness. The short meaning in English is faith. It does steady work in one short word.
In Poland the name also appears as Wera, spelled with the W that Polish uses for the V sound. On a school class register you might find both forms in a single year, Vera and Wera, pronounced the same way. The two senses sit close. The Latin verus and the Russian vera meet in one four-letter name, and its meaning stays faith.
How many people are named Vera
1 in 16219 women in Poland is named Vera. 1,390 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #826 among female names.
Vera's popularity over time
19 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #527 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2017.
Where Vera is most popular
Vera is most popular in Masovian, 245% above the national average (26 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+59%) and Podlaskie (+43%). It is least common in Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 56% and 14% below average respectively.
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Masovian26 girls born+245%
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Pomeranian5 girls born+59%
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Podlaskie2 girls born+43%
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Lower Silesian4 girls born+20%
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Lesser Poland5 girls born+4%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 girls born−14%
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Greater Poland2 girls born−56%
Vera as a middle name
Vera is a first name for 1,390 women in Poland and a middle name for another 77, a 95/5 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 760th, between Nora (77) and Carol (76).
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#758 Nella77
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#759 Nora77
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#760 Vera77
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#761 Carol76
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#762 Dayana76