VERA (1) female Russian, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true". It has been in general use in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century. | ||||||||||||||||||||
VERONICA female English, Italian, Romanian, Late Roman Latin alteration of BERENICE, the spelling influenced by the ecclesiastical Latin phrase vera icon meaning "true image". This was the name of a legendary saint who wiped Jesus' face with a towel and then found his image imprinted upon it. Due to popular stories about her, the name was occasionally used in the Christian world in the Middle Ages. It was borne by the 17th-century Italian saint and mystic Veronica Giuliani. As an English name, it was not common until the 19th century, when it was imported from France and Scotland. | ||||||||||||||||||||
BERENICE female English, Italian, Ancient Greek (Latinized) Latinized form of Βερενικη (Berenike), the Macedonian form of the Greek name Φερενικη (Pherenike), which meant "bringing victory" from φερω (phero) "to bring" and νικη (nike) "victory". This name was common among the Ptolemy ruling family of Egypt, a dynasty which was originally from Macedon. It occurs briefly in Acts in the New Testament (in most English Bibles it is spelled Bernice) belonging to a sister of King Herod Agrippa II. As an English name, Berenice came into use after the Protestant Reformation. |
FULL FORMS |
POLISH: Weronika |
EQUIVALENTS |
ANCIENT GREEK: Berenice, Berenike, Pherenike |
BIBLICAL GREEK: Bernike |
BIBLICAL LATIN: Bernice |
BIBLICAL: Bernice |
BULGARIAN: Veronika |
CROATIAN: Vera, Veronika, Vjera |
CZECH: Věra, Veronika |
DANISH: Vera, Veronika |
DUTCH: Vera |
ENGLISH: Berenice, Bernetta, Bernice, Bernie, Berniece, Berny, Bunny, Roni, Ronnie, Vera, Veronica |
FINNISH: Veera |
FRENCH: Bérénice, Véronique |
GERMAN: Vera, Veronika |
HUNGARIAN: Vera, Veronika |
ITALIAN: Berenice, Vera, Veronica |
LATE ROMAN: Veronica |
LATVIAN: Veronika |
LITHUANIAN: Veronika |
MACEDONIAN: Vera, Veronika |
NORWEGIAN: Vera, Veronika |
PORTUGUESE: Vera, Verônica |
ROMANIAN: Vera, Veronica |
RUSSIAN: Nika, Vera, Veronika |
SERBIAN: Vera, Vjera |
SLOVAK: Veronika |
SLOVENE: Veronika |
SORBIAN: Weronika |
SPANISH: Vera, Verónica |
SWEDISH: Vera, Veronika |
UKRAINIAN: Vira |
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
CROATIAN: Verica |
DUTCH: Veer, Veerke |
ENGLISH: Netta |
LIMBURGISH: Veer, Veerke |
RUSSIAN: Verochka, Verusha |
SERBIAN: Verica |
OTHER FORMS |
FRENCH: Vérène |
GERMAN: Verena, Vreni |
LATE ROMAN: Verena |