The name Vera can either be derived from the Russian word věra, meaning "faith," the Latin word verus, meaning "true," or the Albanian word verë, meaning "summer." It was a top-100 girl's name every year between 1900 and 1929, but fell out of the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 by 1984. It's in the midst of making a comeback and returned to the list in 2009 before settling in the top-250 every year since 2020. It's the name "Lost" and "Once Upon a Time" actress Emilie de Ravin gave her daughter Vera Audrey, born in 2016, and the name actors Adam Shapiro and Katie Lowes gave their daughter Vera Fay, born in 2020.
