What is Norm Peterson's wife's name?

Norm Peterson’s wife is named Vera.

Vera is one of Cheers’ longest-running unseen characters. Norm talks about her constantly—often making jokes at her expense—but the series also shows that he loves her deeply and remains loyal to her. Their marriage is troubled at times, including a separation, yet Norm repeatedly defends Vera and tries to preserve their relationship.

The show turns Vera’s invisibility into a recurring gag. Her face is obscured by a pie in the season-five episode “Thanksgiving Orphans,” and later appearances reveal only parts of her body or place her off-camera. She is eventually played by Bernadette Birkett, who was George Wendt’s real-life wife, though many of Vera’s appearances are uncredited voice roles.

Vera and Norm were high-school sweethearts and married around 1972. Her maiden name, Kreitzer, is revealed in a later episode. Viewers sometimes confuse Vera with Lilith, Frasier’s wife, or Kelly, Woody’s wife, but those characters belong to different Cheers storylines. Vera is specifically Norm Peterson’s wife.