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Globally, Vernon (Vernon , Вернон , ורנון ) is a common boy's given name. The forename Vernon is habitual in the United States, where it is quite a common masculine name, Reunion, and South Africa. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United States, South Africa, and Canada. Very seldom, Vernon is the last name as well as the forename.
Vernon is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Vernon Dursley , the fictional character of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Vernon Fenwick , the fictional character in the 1987–1996 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated television series; Vernon Fenwick , the character in Platinum Dunes' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films; Vernon Sullivan , the pseudoynm of Boris Vian and Vernon Schillinger , the fictional human in the HBO series Oz, among other works.