Vèr
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Vèr is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Old Norse verr, from Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with English were-.
- ISIceland≈1 in 155K(inferred from the name graph)
- ATAustria≈1 in 185K
- DEGermany≈1 in 185K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 230 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 155K (inferred from the name graph)
≈430 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Iceland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ver in US United States, GB United Kingdom and Vér in DE Germany, AT Austria.
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)
- Old Norseverr(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*weraz(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós(measured from records)
From Old Norse verr, from Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with English were-.
Sources 3
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vèr 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 185K | — | Vér | 40 |
| FR France | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 214K | 2 | — | 2 |
| US United States | 264 | 1 in 1.3M | 322 | Ver | 230 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 527K | 13 | Ver | 53 |
| BR Brazil | ≈66 est. | ≈1 in 3.2M | 69 | — | 2 |
| AT Austria | ≈48 est. | ≈1 in 185K | — | Vér | 8 |
| HR Croatia | 13 | 1 in 325K | 13 | — | — |
| IS Iceland | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 155K | listed | — | — |
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 — Surname Frequency 2000; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Vèr mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old Norse verr, from Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with English were-. Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- In which country does Vèr have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 434 people named Vèr in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vér.
- How common is the name Vèr?
- In the United States, the national register counted 264 people named Vèr in 2010, about 1 in 1.3 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, “Vèr”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.