Verdon
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a left tributary of the Durance, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈvɝdən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Verdon is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 369K(measured from records)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 24K
- FRFrance≈1 in 34K
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.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 203 (measured from records)
- 1 in 24K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a left tributary of the Durance, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Verdon 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 34K | 289 | — | 4 |
| US United States | 902 | 1 in 369K | 999 | Verdon | 203 |
| PH Philippines | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 245K | — | Verdon | 19 |
| CA Canada | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 98K | — | Verdon | 75 |
| CH Switzerland | 345 | 1 in 24K | 345 | Verdon | 21 |
| AU Australia | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 122K | — | Verdon | 69 |
| IE Ireland | ≈83 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Verdon | 33 |
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 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); 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)
Verdon is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, de (Le) Verdon, nom de plusieurs localités en France
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In Irish, de Bheardún. One of the great Hiberno-Norman families of Leinster, later greatly reduced like all those of that origin which took the Catholic and Irish side in the wars of the seventeenth century. Bibl. MIF Map Louth
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
In Esperanto, accusative singular of verdo
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)
- Michael Verdonb. 1838NZ2nd Roman Catholic bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand
- Philip Verdonb. 1886GBBritish rower (1886–1960)
- Mario Verdonb. 1923CACanadian actor
- Gwen Verdonb. 1925USAmerican dancer and actress (1925-2000)
- Jean Verdonb. 1937FRFrench mediaevalist
- John Verdonb. 1942USAmerican writer
- Benoit Verdonb. 1971FRresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-9490-470X
- Jimmy Verdonb. 1981USplayer of American football
- Julien Verdonb. 1983researcher
- Olivier Verdonb. 1995FRBeninese and French footballer
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 26 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 999 | #23,657 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 956 | #26,837 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 902 | #26,910 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 380 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 345 | #3,829 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 344 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 333 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 311 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 300 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 289 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 259 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 217 | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Verdon mean, and where does it come from?
- a left tributary of the Durance, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Verdon?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈvɝdən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Verdon have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named Verdon in France, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Verdon most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Verdon is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 24 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Verdon?
- In the United States, the national register counted 902 people named Verdon in 2010, about 1 in 369 thousand 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/verdonThe 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, “Verdon”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.