Vera

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Is this useable? It's the only name we can agree on and it's really growing on me. Surname is boring/fairly common 2 syllables and middle name would be Francesca which is a tribute to a family member. We don't want Francesca as a first name as the family is full of Frank's and Frankies! What do you think?

Hmm. To be honest I don’t like it but who am I? It reminds me of Vera Duckworth although no one of your daughters generation will know who she is. I love frankie

I really like Vera Francesca (and would also like to use Francesca as a tribute to someone, so I might be a little biased ...)

Vera is lovely imo. Fairly classic, used across Europe, intuitive spelling and pronunciation... And the meaning is nice as well imo :)

Like it - I think it's having a resurgence and shaking off its old lady image. Sounds cool, pretty and Italian to me these days.

Search in baby names. Someone asked about using the name Vera within the last week or so.

I personally think of it as being a really old fashioned name. I am older than the average MNer though, and think a generation older than those having babies now, so those names I think of as old fashioned, as now very fashionable again.... all the Reggies and Stanleys, Dorothys and Iris's. To my mind Vera fits in with those names.

I think it's great.

I really like it

Will she be solving grisly murders in the rolling countryside?

Sorry it sounds like an old lady name, and not in a good way

Makes me think of Vera Lynn (who, I’ve just learnt, is still alive at 101)
I like it

Love it - like Vera Brittain, who wrote "a Testament of Youth", possibly my favourite book ever, and such a strong female role model!

Yeah i think it's cool- lots of old names are making a comeback

I like it. Due a comeback.

Prepare her for a childhood of emotional trauma, kids are mean and Vera is a target for abuse sorry

Not always about what’s due a comeback and what seems nice, it’s about what won’t hurt your child physically or mentally

Awful. Reminds me of the film Vera Drake (where the main character was a back street abortionist) and Vera Duckworth. Verity is better.

I like it.

Prepare her for a childhood of emotional trauma, kids are mean and Vera is a target for abuse sorry

There are girls names Iris, Henrietta, Edwina, Dorothy, Kitty, Clara.. what's so awful about Vera?

It's a bit more popular than
it used to be, btw. (Top 1000...)

names.darkgreener.com/#vera

Awful & ugly & kids will tease. Although I do think Vita is beautiful.
Francesca is gorgeous.

It’s short for Veronica, so I would use that if you are dead set on Vera.

Love Vera! I don't think it's ugly at all and kids born now won't know any of the old Veras. Can't easily be shortened...
Also Veronica and Verity

Love it! It is beautiful and elegant.

Makes me think of Vera Wang - cool, understated, classic.

If you love it, use it.

Yuck. Sorry. Why would you saddle your kid with such an ugly name?

Not keen sorry, but like the suggestion of Veronica up thread.

I like it!

Are you a Wentworth fan?