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Verna
Say it: VUR-nuh
Meaning
Uncertain. Possibly from Latin vernus 'of spring' or a feminine of Vernon.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Popular in the United States around 1900 to 1930.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 69,432 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1906, about 1 in 554 girls
- 29 babies in 2020
Through the ages
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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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