Vère
loc · Latin script
Vère is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Transferred use of the surname, in origin a Norman baronial name, from any of the numerous places in northern France so called from Gaulish ver(n) ‘alder’.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 135K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 147K
- USUnited States1 in 2.6M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 173 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 32K (inferred from the name graph)
≈740 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Papua New Guinea, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Vere in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Gaulishvern(measured from records)
- Thebesin(measured from records)
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a Norman baronial name, from any of the numerous places in northern France so called from Gaulish ver(n) ‘alder’. Verena ° Characteristically Swiss name, first borne by a 3rd-century saint who lived as a hermit near Zurich. She is said to have come originally from Thebes in Egypt, and the origin of her name is obscure. This name is now also used in the English-speaking world, where it is taken as an elaboration of ) Vera. Variant: Verina,
Sources 2
- A concise dictionary of first names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vère counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈740 est. | ≈1 in 147K | — | Vere | 20 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈490 est. | ≈1 in 135K | 404 | Vere | 115 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 183K | — | Vere | 19 |
| FR France | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 259K | 36 | — | 2 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 32K | 3 | — | 3 |
| AU Australia | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 129K | 1 | Vere | 70 |
| US United States | 126 | 1 in 2.6M | 168 | Vere | 173 |
| NO Norway | 68 | 1 in 80K | 68 | — | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Vère is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Norwegian Nynorsk, alternative form of vera (“to be”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Vère mean, and where does it come from?
- Transferred use of the surname, in origin a Norman baronial name, from any of the numerous places in northern France so called from Gaulish ver(n) ‘alder’. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- In which country does Vère have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 741 people named Vère in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vere.
- How common is the name Vère?
- In the United States, the national register counted 126 people named Vère in 2010, about 1 in 2.6 million residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vère”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.