Lavern
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning spring, vernal; a form of Laverne.
Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Lavern by the numbers
Lavern was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 290 babies in 1924, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lavern. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lavernagoddess of thieves and magic in Roman mythology
- Lavernegoddess of thieves and magic in Roman mythology; form of Laverna
- Lareenvariant of lauren; laurel wreath13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lavindescendant of the lawyer20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Laken237 in the US (2017)
- Lavon46 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean water
Like Lavern, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)
- Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendraclear water; from a place name734 in the US (2017)
- Rosemarydew of the sea; the herb rosemary687 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lavern
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