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Vern: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“springlike, flourishing”
Origin
Latin
Say it
VURN · 1 syllable
Used for
Boys (96% of all uses)

Usually a short form of Vernon or Verne. The surname Verne/Vernon is linked to Gaulish and Latin vern meaning 'alder', though Vern as a given name is also associated with springlike ideas via Latin vernus.

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How popular is Vern?

20241.8 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Vern in 20246

Peak year1891

Total US babies since 188011,975

Vern is rising: use over the last five years is 2.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Vern

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Vernonplace of alders · French
  • Vernaspringtime · Latin
  • Vernespringlike · Latin
  • Lucasfrom Lucania · Latin
  • Leolion · Latin
  • Julianyouthful, downy-bearded · Latin
  • Anthonyof the Antonius family · Latin
  • RomanRoman, from Rome · Latin

Vern questions

What does the name Vern mean?

Vern means "springlike, flourishing". It comes from Latin. Usually a short form of Vernon or Verne. The surname Verne/Vernon is linked to Gaulish and Latin vern meaning 'alder', though Vern as a given name is also associated with springlike ideas via Latin vernus.

Is Vern a boy or girl name?

Vern is mainly a boy's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Vern?

6 US babies were named Vern in 2024. Its peak year was 1891.

How do you pronounce Vern?

Vern is usually pronounced VURN.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.