Girl · Uncertain, perhaps French or Latin
Laverne
Say it: luh-VURN
Meaning
Uncertain. Possibly from a French surname, or from Laverna, a Roman goddess of thieves; the popular meaning 'springlike' is not supported.
Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.
Mostly an American name of the 1910s to 1930s, used for both sexes but more for girls.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1920s
In the United States
- 56,078 babies given this name since 1885
- At its height in 1928, about 1 in 892 girls
- 6 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: LaVerne, Laverna
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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