How do you pronouce this name?

pinkylu

How do you pronounce the name "Vera"?  The baby name websites I've been to say it's pronounced "veer-ah" but I swear when referencing Vera Wang and Vera Bradley I've only heard people say "vair-ah."  I prefer the second pronunciation, but I don't like the idea of taking a traditional and pronouncing it however I want.  What do you think?

 

Edited to add: Also aloe vera is pronouced the second way mentioned above...should I just go on that? 

Megs&Nick

I pronounce it as "Vair-ah"

Meg41208

I say Veer-ah.  I know 2 Veras and that is how they pronounce it.  I say Vera Wang and Vera Bradley with the long e sound too.

ETA: I say aloe vair-ah.  

sprads

Whoops, I pronounce both designers as Vee-rah. I think it goes back to that show Alice...you know the waitress named Vee-rah. It could just be a geographical pronunciation or like aunt (ant or ahnt) or potato or tomato. You might be able to choose how you want to pronounce it.

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I have only heard it pronounced veer-ah.

tinytot_924

Meg41208:

I say Veer-ah.  I know 2 Veras and that is how they pronounce it.  I say Vera Wang and Vera Bradley with the long e sound too.

ETA: I say aloe vair-ah.  

This exactly. 

LoriZ

I pronounce it "Vair-ah" when I'm talking about Vera Bradley and "Veer-ah" when I'm talking about Vera Wang.  I guess I never really thought about that until now, though!  If I just saw the name on its own I'd probably say, "Vair-ah."

pinkylu

Thanks, ladies. I did some more hunting on baby names sites and it looks like it is both a Russian and a Latin name. The Russian pronunciation is definitely "veer-ah" but the Latin could be "vair-ah." In Latin, it means truth and is derived from the word, "veritas," which is pronounced "vair-ee-tas." So I guess I could really go either way without committing some big name faux-pas.

becca070707Ken

I pronounce it the second way.

curlypie1

I know a Finnish girl with that name. She prounces it Veer-ah.

stacieann15

Vera is one of our favorite girl's names and I think I would pronounce it Vair-ah.

Lyons_in_2007

Meg41208:

I say Veer-ah.  I know 2 Veras and that is how they pronounce it.  I say Vera Wang and Vera Bradley with the long e sound too.

ETA: I say aloe vair-ah.  

This.

adamsbabble

Funny that you should ask this right now b/c I actually have the Kardashian wedding episode on my DVR and Vera Wang is on it.  I'm gonna pull it up to see how they pronounce it on the show.

Okay I just watched the scene and Khloe says "vair-ah" like aloe vera, but her mom says "veer-ah" so that didn't solve the mystery of how to pronounce it, lol.  I figured they would know b/c on the show they say Vera Wang is a long time family friend.  Anywho...

I think I say it both ways.  I've never really thought about it until now.

Mrs.Cooley2bee

stacieann15:

Vera is one of our favorite girl's names and I think I would pronounce it Vair-ah.

This.  Vera was only vetoed as a name in our house because DH and I couldn't decided on how to pronounce it (can't wait to show him this post).  I wanted Vair-ah and he wanted Veer-ah.  Ugh.  If we have another girl I think I will put this name back on the table.

MrsMoher

DH's g-ma goes by Vera (pronounced Vee Rah).  But I think I usually say it Vair-ah instead. 

cops_wife

Long e

sistrkate

It's my mother's name -- she pronounces it Veer-uh.  She is named after my grandpa's sister, who also pronounced it Veer-uh.  My cousins used to call her Aunt Vurra (not either of the pronunciations mentioned here).  Quite honestly I have never heard it pronounced Vair-uh until I read this!  I think if you want the name to be pronounced Vair-uh, you should spell it Vara.  That looks pretty, too.

sprads

sistrkate:

It's my mother's name -- she pronounces it Veer-uh.  She is named after my grandpa's sister, who also pronounced it Veer-uh.  My cousins used to call her Aunt Vurra (not either of the pronunciations mentioned here).  Quite honestly I have never heard it pronounced Vair-uh until I read this!  I think if you want the name to be pronounced Vair-uh, you should spell it Vara.  That looks pretty, too.

ooohh - that is pretty

cat81305

I pronounce Vera Wang and those Veer-ah and Aloe Vera as vair-ah.  I have never heard the designer be called vair-ah...hmmm...

kel716

Meg41208:

I say Veer-ah. 

This way.  I used to work in a hallmark store that almost got VB stuff (I would've been in sooo much trouble, LOL!), and my manager always referred to it that way too. 

l.m.k.

I've always pronounced it veer-ah, but I say aloe vera vair-ah, rhymes with Farrah.