How do you pronounce Vera?

[lucymegan]

Love the this name, it was my great grandmothers name but ive heard it pronounced a couple of different ways.

V-ear-a
V-air-a

How do you pronounce it?

Ear!

I've e only ever heard it pronounced V-ear-ra.

I'd pronounce it as Vee-ra. I'm in the north east and I've never heard of any of the above ways.

With an ear.

im with mammy, im scottish and only ever heard vee-ra. It only has two syllables too right?

Yes two syllables

Ear. Never heard air.

The v-air-a pronunciation might be how Americans say it. But I've seen a baby at nursery with this too.

V ear ah. The ear bit with almost two very short syllables ee ur.

I've only ever heard 2 syllables with "ear" in the middle (Londonj

I suspect that this is actually the same as "vee-ra" when you allow for accents. Like the word "veer" also has "ear" in the middle in my accent.

vai ra pronounciation i think is eastern european.

Veera

It's definitely not one of the old lady names I expected to come back.

Veer-a/Vear-a both the same.

I've only ever heard Vee rah.

@Littlebird88 oh it could be. V-air-a should sound like Sarah but with a v (obviously )

Vee-ruh
It's not a pretty name and will cause 'Allo Vera jokes

Really?

South East and only ever heard to rhyme with ear not air.

To rhyme with dearer, clearer, nearer etc.

Never heard it another way!

No one says, V-air-a, no one, nope not even here in the USA. If you choose it you either like the name or you don’t, changing it to your own ‘unique’ pronunciation will simply mean your child is in for a life time of correcting everyone.

Vee-ra in English.

Ve-ra (rhymes with Sarah, ish) in other languages - German, Swedish, Russian, etc.

I like it.

With an 'ear' in England although have heard it pronounced with an 'air' elsewhere.

TV series is with an 'ear' too.

It is one of those old names, the ones I knew were born around 1915 ish so probably due for a comeback, like Iris.

Ear!

with an ear.
But I suspect that the 'ear' sounds different in some accents. I am just trying to imagine it in a NI accent, as I think the vowels would sound different?
So, in principle the same, but will allowance for accent?

Vee-ra (like Vera Duckworth!).

I think it's pronounced something like Verra in other languages, but I'd go with Vee-ra in the UK until corrected otherwise.