Vern
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Vern is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Devon; Warwicks. see Fearn .
- CACanada≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 58K
- USUnited States1 in 58K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 371 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.6K (inferred from the name graph)
5,707 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Åland Islands, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Devon; Warwicks. see Fearn .
Sources 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nordic Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vern 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 5,707 | 1 in 58K | 5.5K | Vern | 371 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Vern | 125 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 55K | — | Vern | 7 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 58K | 16 | Vern | 92 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Vern | 1 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Vern | 23 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Vern | 29 |
| IS Iceland | — | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Vern | 1 |
| AX Åland Islands | #608 | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | — | Vern | 1 |
5,707 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral 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)
Vern 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 Catalan, an alder, especially the black alder (Alnus glutinosa)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Bokmål, shield (anything which protects or defends)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, protection
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)
- Eddie Rickenbackerb. 1890USnot in their usual nameUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1890–1973)
- Vernon Dukeb. 1903USnot in their usual nameAmerican composer (1903-1969)
- Big Joe Turnerb. 1911USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (1911–1985)
- Vernon L. Smithb. 1927USnot in their usual nameAmerican economist
- John Vernonb. 1932CAnot in their usual nameCanadian actor (1932–2005)
- Vernon Dobtcheffb. 1934FRnot in their usual nameBritish actor
- Vernon Wellsb. 1945AUnot in their usual nameAustralian actor
- David Koreshb. 1959USnot in their usual nameAmerican religious sect leader of Branch Davidians (1959-1993)
- Guy Moonb. 1962USnot in their usual nameAmerican composer (1962–2026)
- Vernon Davisb. 1984USnot in their usual nameAmerican football player (born 1984)
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 24 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 103 | #147,095 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 16 | #104,899 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name 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 Vern mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Devon; Warwicks. see Fearn . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Nordic Names.
- Is Vern a male or female name?
- Vern is a male 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.
- In which country does Vern have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 5.7 thousand people named Vern, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vern.
- How common is the name Vern?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,707 people named Vern in 2020, about 1 in 58 thousand residents.
- How common is Vern compared with other names?
- In Åland Islands, Vern is the 608th most common given name of 831 given names recorded there.
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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, “Vern” — the 608th most common given name in Åland Islands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.