Group info: | Language of origin: | Old French |
Info about origin, female: | sometimes understood by people to be related to Latin ver (spring) or vernus (of spring) |
Info about origin, male: | from an aristocratic family name, brought to England by the Normans |
| the name contains the word vern (alder), so maybe the family name derives from a place name with a meaning of alder tree forest or similar |
Words: | vern = the alder (a tree) Old French |
Topics: | Family name, Geographic name |
Variants' top ranks: | 188:Vernon USA 1960-1969 |
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Name variants: All variants, grouped by language of use | |
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Name variants: 2 female and 1 male name variants, sorted by name and gender |
Name | Languages of Use |
Vernon | English, Irish |
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