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?

Ve-ra, some of this leave me baffled. I can't even imagine how the sound!

Vee-Ra western , Veh-Ra east Europe.

But you don't say Veary for Very?!

Or Vearity for Verity?!

I've only heard Vera pronounced Ver-a.

”But you don't say Veary for Very?!

Or Vearity for Verity?!”

Indeed, that’s because English pronunciation is frequently inconsistent.

It's Ver-a in Germany. (Not Vee-ar)

Rhymes with She-ra (princess of power/Alan's surname)

I agree with Kanga83 on pronunciation.

In the UK it's usually vee-ra, which is hideous.

The European ver-ah is a much nicer sound.

The European ver-ah is a much nicer sound

There's no reason Vera can't be pronounced Ver-a in the UK. It would be consistent with very, verity, veritable etc.

I’ve only ever heard it -ear
Vera in Russian and other Eastern European countries is pronounced like Vyera

Vera to rhyme with clearer

As in Duckworth - I think the Corrie character has cornered the market in how the name is said and regarded - she was one of the greats, from the days when it had string characters

I've only ever heard it pronounced to rhyme with ear. Or like if you veer off the road and then put an a on the end.

In France it'd be Vehra
In Russia Vyera (means "Faith")

It's v ear a
There are no airs and graces with Vera 😂😂😂

V air a will get lots of sniggering and nobody will pronounce it as you like. Remind me of 'mrs bucket v mrs buckét' a la hyacinth.

Veer-a. I like it! I think it will make a comeback.

I predict a comeback too I've said it over and over,and like it more each time I've said it!

V-ear-a

In Germany it's Vera like Veronika.

V-ear-a for older people.
V-air-a for younger people, especially if they/their parents' first language isn't English.

Vera sounds so much nicer than Veera.

I’d say Vee-ra.

I imagine in most European countries it would be Vey-ra.

It’s infinitely prettier the second way.

My name is Vera, having been named after Vera Lynn.
My English father called me Vee ra, and my Italian mother called me Vee ra, V-air-a or Verucci (little Vera)

Vera, pronounced like nearer.

Ear here
Would air be Northern Ireland pronunciation possibly. Don’t think I have ever heard ‘air’ version other than non English veras.

To rhyme with ear.

That American woman wasn't saying 'Vaira'. That was a definite ear sound in a southern US accent.

I haven't heard any Americans saying Vaira on purpose as if this was the standard pronunciation. It's Vera with the ear sound, whatever that may be across the country.