Wera
Wera means faith, and it sits so close to the Polish word wiara that a Polish speaker hears it and understands at once. Fewer than 300 women carry it, and new births have dried up in recent years, so meeting one stays memorable.
Wera Pronunciation
Wera is pronounced VE-rah (/ˈvɛra/).
What Wera means
Where Wera comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Wera comes from Slavic roots, and its meaning stays close to the surface: faith, wiara in Polish. The name sits right next to the ordinary Polish word for belief, so a Polish speaker hears it and understands it at once.
The name also lives inside longer forms. Weronika is the fuller variant most families reach for, with the older spelling Vieronika standing behind it. At home a Wera may become Werka, or shrink again to Nika, a short bright sound that fits a small child and grows with her.
Faith here leans toward trust. It suggests holding steady, keeping your word, believing a person will do what they said. The sense is old and human, and it needs no translation for anyone raised on the word wiara.
When Wera celebrates name day
Wera appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 24 January.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Wera
1 in 78277 women in Poland is named Wera. 288 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1790 among female names.
Wera's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Where Wera is most popular
Wera is most popular in Łódź, 520% above the national average (4 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+177%) and Silesian (+73%).
Wera as a middle name
Wera is a first name for 288 women in Poland and a middle name for another 112, a 72/28 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 629th, between Vivien (112) and Eleni (111).
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#627 Leila112
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#628 Vivien112
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#629 Wera112
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#630 Eleni111
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#631 Jeanne111