Viera

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Viera is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Spanish72%

  first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ver

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English15%

  An unincorporated community in Brevard County, Florida.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  Czech form of Vera; "faith".

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The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Viera is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia

  Languages: English, Dutch

  Also written Viërä

• Russian given name121 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Türkiye

  Languages: Russian, Portuguese, Ukrainian

  Also written Вера, Vera, Wera, Виера, Βερα

• a separate name4 spellings in the group

  Also written Viêra, Vi︠e︡ra, Viéra

• German surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Spain, Peru

  Also written Viéra

• English surname23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Laos, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: English, Spanish, Lao

  Also written Vierra, เวียร่า, Vièrra, Vierä, ̶̶v̶̶i̶̶e̶̶r̶̶a̶̶

• Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Peru, United States, Spain

  Also written Víerã, Vîërâ

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Viera is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, forma feminina de Viero

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Galician, first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of vir

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Finnish, A roll of kenkäheinä.

  as a word·kaikki.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.

• Feliciano Vierab. 1872UYpresident of Uruguay (1872-1927)
• Joe Vierab. 1932DEGerman saxophonist and music educator (1932–2024)
• José Antonio Viera Chacónb. 1946ESSpanish politician
• Octavio Zambranob. 1958ECnot in their usual nameEcuadorian association football manager
• La Indiab. 1969USnot in their usual namePuerto Rican recording artist; singer, salsa musician
• Jadson Vierab. 1981BRformer Brazilian footballer
• Sebastián Vierab. 1983UYUruguayan footballer
• Ousmane Vierab. 1986CIIvorian footballer
• Gonzalo Vierab. 1987UYUruguayan Footballer
• Jonathan Vierab. 1989ESSpanish footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

How do you pronounce Viera?

It depends on the language: in Spanish /bjeɾa/; in English /viːˈɜɹə/ (Wiktionary). Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

What does the name Viera mean, and where does it come from?

first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ver Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Viera?

In the etymology graph, Vera and Veer are forms of the same name in other languages.

In which country does Viera have the most bearers?

In Brazil, the national register counted about 127 thousand people named Viera, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled viera.

Where is Viera most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Viera is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 107 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Viera?

In Brazil, the national register counted 127,404 people named Viera, about 1 in 1.7 thousand residents.

How common is Viera compared with other names?

In Brazil, Viera is the 765th most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.