Struggling with Boy "V" names to honor recently deceased grandmother

[name_f]My[/name_f] husband’s beloved 101 year old grandmother [name_f]Vera[/name_f] recently passed away. His family is Jewish and typically honors the most recently deceased family member with a name tribute when the next baby is born in the family. I’m having a very hard time finding V names that I like.

Any suggestions on other ways we could honor the name [name_f]Vera[/name_f] without picking a name like [name_m]Victor[/name_m], [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] or [name_u]Vern[/name_u]? I feel like many male V names are really old-fashioned and not my style. To be clear this is for a middle name and not for his first name.

Thanks for any input you can provide!

[name_f]Vera[/name_f] means ‘faith’ so maybe [name_f]Faith[/name_f] could work as a middle for a boy - or ‘Faythe’ for a bit of a twist?

Some other V names:

[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Vaughan[/name_m] / [name_u]Vaughn[/name_u]
[name_u]Valiant[/name_u]
[name_m]Valerian[/name_m]
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m]
Valour
[name_u]Vyvyan[/name_u]
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u]

[name_m]Aviram[/name_m] or [name_m]Avram[/name_m] contain similar letters
Arev is an anagram of [name_f]Vera[/name_f]

More modern-feeling V boys’ names that haven’t been suggested yet…
[name_m]Vance[/name_m]
[name_m]Valentin[/name_m]
[name_u]Van[/name_u]
[name_m]Vin[/name_m] / [name_u]Vinnie[/name_u]
[name_m]Vulcan[/name_m]

It wouldn’t be traditional but maybe you and your husband would be open to something something like [name_u]Ever[/name_u] or [name_u]Avery[/name_u] that shares the ‘ver’ letters?

[name_u]Or[/name_u], did [name_f]Vera[/name_f] have a middle name with a different first initial you could use instead? [name_u]Or[/name_u] a Hebrew name that you could use for inspiration?

[name_u]Valiant[/name_u]

Some suggestions
[name_m]Vincenzo[/name_m] (vin-chen-zo)
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Valentino[/name_m]
Valeriy
[name_m]Valerio[/name_m]
[name_f]Valley[/name_f]
Vadym
[name_u]Valiant[/name_u]
[name_m]Vince[/name_m]
[name_m]Vance[/name_m]
[name_u]Vaughn[/name_u]
[name_m]Vlad[/name_m]
[name_m]Vladimir[/name_m]
[name_u]Valor[/name_u]
[name_m]Vito[/name_m]
[name_u]Van[/name_u]
[name_u]Vegas[/name_u]
[name_u]Vanya[/name_u]

Haven’t seen [name_u]Vero[/name_u] yet and it’s great! :slight_smile:

Sorry if I repeat, I tried to choose names with a more modern feel

Evra
[name_m]Vaile[/name_m]
Vee
[name_u]Valen[/name_u]
[name_m]Valerian[/name_m]
[name_u]Valo[/name_u]
[name_m]Vallis[/name_m]
[name_m]Valero[/name_m]
[name_m]Vandal[/name_m]
Valteri
[name_u]Van[/name_u]
[name_u]Varo[/name_u]
[name_m]Veer[/name_m]
[name_u]Vega[/name_u]
[name_m]Ven[/name_m]
[name_m]Velten[/name_m]
[name_u]Vercy[/name_u]
[name_u]Verdi[/name_u]
[name_u]Vere[/name_u]
[name_m]Veren[/name_m]
[name_u]Verse[/name_u]
[name_u]Vesa[/name_u]

[name_u]Evan[/name_u] has 3/4 of the same letters as [name_f]Vera[/name_f], maybe that would work?

This is actually so unique and novel and I never thought of it! [name_u]Avery[/name_u] is a very interesting choice and is almost an anagram for [name_f]Vera[/name_f]. [name_u]Super[/name_u] interesting… Thank you for the food for thought!

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That is actually my husband’s name! So we won’t be using it for this little guy but interesting that it shares a lot with his grandma’s name!

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Vjay?

[name_u]Vale[/name_u]
[name_u]Vernon[/name_u]

[name_m]Aviel[/name_m]
[name_u]Avi[/name_u]
Avid
[name_u]Evan[/name_u]
[name_m]Kevin[/name_m]
[name_u]Maverick[/name_u]
[name_m]Gavin[/name_m]
[name_u]Raven[/name_u]
[name_m]Cavan[/name_m]

Vjay jay is a common slang term for vagina in my region. So though it does have a cute sound I would caution against that one!

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Perhaps:

[name_m]Deveraux[/name_m] (Deveraux)
[name_m]Everard[/name_m]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_u]Everest[/name_u]
[name_u]River[/name_u]
[name_u]Verdi[/name_u]
Cieran/ [name_u]Kieran[/name_u]

I really like [name_u]Van[/name_u] or [name_m]Vance[/name_m] !