LaVerne

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against LaVerne, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Shirley
• Verna
• Thelma
• Mavis
• Flavia
• Minerva
• Aviva
• Geneva
• Carmine
• Clover
• Guinevere
• Avril

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

LaVerne is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Russian given name15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Poland, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Polish, Ukrainian

  Also written Лаверна, Lavern, Laverna, Лаверн, Luverne

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

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 word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Danish, definite plural of lav

  as a word·kaikki.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.

• 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).

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.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name LaVerne mean, and where does it come from?

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Is LaVerne a male or female name?

LaVerne is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

How do you pronounce LaVerne?

A machine transcription gives /ɫəˈvɝn/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does LaVerne have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 20 thousand people named LaVerne, 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 the United States, LaVerne is the 824th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.