Definition of "Vera"

Good night, my Vera. Mind, I shall always call you Vera. It sounds so Russian and nice, and is much prettier than Vere.

1880, Ouida, Moths, Elibron.com, published 2001, page 51

I killed Vera Cross - - - .I had known her for about three months, and never ceased to wonder if her parents, when they gave her a name, had been totally illiterate or wilfully blasphemous.

1953 Eric Linklater, The House of Gair, J.Cape, page 214