Verse
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/vɝs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Verse is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.9M(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 250K
- BEBelgium1 in 301K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 126 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 250K (inferred from the name graph)
≈320 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
only used in sinus verse (“versed sine, versine”)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
How Verse is read(measured from records)
Verse is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 4 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English53%
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French18%
only used in sinus verse (“versed sine, versine”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- German13%
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Vers
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
1. s. Färse. Versl. 2. Verse |n, mann: ON. Veer|se(n), Ben, Hann.
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
- Spanish7.5%
infinitive of ver combined with se
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Verse counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 250K | — | Verse | 48 |
| US United States | 171 | 1 in 1.9M | 177 | Verse | 126 |
| FR France | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 441K | 15 | — | 1 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈68 est. | ≈1 in 3.2M | — | Verse | 8 |
| PH Philippines | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 2.5M | — | Verse | 8 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈42 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Verse | 4 |
| BE Belgium | 39 | 1 in 301K | 39 | Verse | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Verse is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Russian, var of Verse or Vrs.
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Abel Verseb. 1905FRFrench draughts player (1905–1994)
- Dirk A. Verseb. 1971DEuniversity teacher and lawyer
- Jared Verseb. 2000USAmerican football player (born 2000)
- Svenja Verseb. 2001DEGerman diver
- Felix Verseb. 2002DEdiver
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 177 | #107,024 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 171 | #104,602 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 156 | #105,905 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 47 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 31 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 30 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 29 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 27 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 24 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 19 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 15 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Verse come from?
- only used in sinus verse (“versed sine, versine”) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What does the name Verse mean?
- In English, A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
- How do you pronounce Verse?
- A machine transcription gives /vɝs/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Verse have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 321 people named Verse in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled verse.
- How common is the name Verse?
- In the United States, the national register counted 171 people named Verse in 2010, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/verseThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Verse”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.