Boy · Gaulish, through Norman French
Vernon
Say it: VUR-nun
Meaning
From a Norman surname and place name, from Gaulish verno 'alder'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in the US in the early 1900s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 147,761 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1919, about 1 in 335 boys
- 78 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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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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