LaVerne
given name · Latin script
Meaning: French: springlike or from the alder tree
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɫəˈvɝn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
LaVerne is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 17K
- JMJamaica≈1 in 5.9K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 367 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈130,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
French: springlike or from the alder tree
Sources 1
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
LaVerne 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | LaVerne | 6 |
| US United States | #824 | 19,866 | 1 in 17K | 16K | LaVerne | 367 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈4,500 est. | ≈1 in 15K | listed | LaVerne | 102 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 64K | — | LaVerne | 12 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | LaVerne | 5 |
| CU Cuba | #170 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 9.5K | — | LaVerne | 3 |
| IE Ireland | #426 | ≈620 est. | ≈1 in 8.3K | — | LaVerne | 17 |
| SG Singapore | #777 | ≈510 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | LaVerne | 11 |
| JM Jamaica | #122 | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | — | LaVerne | 7 |
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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the penguin-baby-names-2009 register. 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)
LaVerne is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A female given name transferred from the surname.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Danish, definite plural of lav
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Laverne Fatorb. 1902USAmerican jockey
- Laverne Hardingb. 1905USAmerican animator (1905–1984)
- Donald L. Katzb. 1907USnot in their usual nameAmerican chemist (1907–1989)
- LaVerne Andrewsb. 1911USAmerican singer
- Kay Starrb. 1922USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (1922–2016)
- L. Scott Caldwellb. 1950USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Harry Andersonb. 1952USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor and magician (1952–2018)
- Angie Stoneb. 1961USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer and actress (1961–2025)
- Laverne Coxb. 1972USAmerican actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)
- Trinab. 1974USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper
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)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 32 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 16K | #1,609 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.4K | #1,609 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1924 | 1.4K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1925 | 1.3K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1927 | 1.3K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1926 | 1.3K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1923 | 1.3K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1928 | 1.3K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1922 | 1.2K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1929 | 1.2K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1921 | 1.2K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1930 | 1.1K | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- What does the name LaVerne mean, and where does it come from?
- French: springlike or from the alder tree Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- Is LaVerne a male or female name?
- LaVerne is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce LaVerne?
- A machine transcription gives /ɫəˈvɝn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does LaVerne have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 131 thousand people named LaVerne in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled LaVerne.
- How common is the name LaVerne?
- In the United States, the national register counted 19,866 people named LaVerne in 2020, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.
- How common is LaVerne compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, LaVerne is the 122nd most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/laverneThe 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, “LaVerne” — the 122nd most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.