Vernon

Vernon: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “place of alders”
Origin: French
Say it: VUR-nən · 2 syllables
Used for: Boys

From a Norman French surname and place name, derived from Gaulish or Old French elements referring to alder trees. It entered English through surname use.

French names English names Names meaning tree Names meaning nature Vintage names Surname-style names

How popular is Vernon?

202434.0 per million US babies

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.

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Babies named Vernon in 2024112

2024 rank#1,553 boys

Peak year1919

Total US babies since 1880148,252

Vernon is steady now but far below its 1919 peak.

Names like Vernon

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Vernaspringtime · Latin
Vernspringlike, flourishing · Latin
Vernespringlike · Latin
Oliverolive tree · French
Beauhandsome · French
Calvinbald · French
Louisfamous warrior · French
Granttall; large · French

Vernon questions

What does the name Vernon mean?

Vernon means "place of alders". It comes from French. From a Norman French surname and place name, derived from Gaulish or Old French elements referring to alder trees. It entered English through surname use.

Is Vernon a boy or girl name?

Vernon is mainly a boy's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Vernon?

112 US babies were named Vernon in 2024. Its peak year was 1919.

How do you pronounce Vernon?

Vernon is usually pronounced VUR-nən.

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.