Vernita
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning green; feminine form of Vernon.
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US popularity
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outside the top 1000
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outside the ONS list
Vernita by the numbers
Its American peak was 122 babies in 1961, making it a 1960s name.
Other names that come from Vernon
Like Vernita, 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 Vernita. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean green
Like Vernita, each of these has green in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Khloegreen shoot or verdant; a spelling variant of Chloe2,143 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Denverfrom Denafær, green valley488 in the US (2017)
- Emeraldthe green gemstone278 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Vernita
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