Vern
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning green; short form of Vernon.
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outside the top 1000
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Vern by the numbers
Its American peak was 274 babies in 1920, making it a 1920s name.
Other names that come from Vernon
Like Vern, each of these traces back to Vernon: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Vern. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean green
Like Vern, each of these has green in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Denverfrom Denafær, green valley488 in the US (2017)
- Irvinggreen water or west river141 in the US (2017)
- Irvingreen water; a variant of Irving122 in the US (2017)
- Odhranpale green or sallow21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khizargreen; verdant20 in England and Wales (2025)
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