Given name & surname
Varney
“from the alder tree grove”
Varney is used as a given name and a surname. One Celtic interpretation is “from the alder tree grove.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Celtic interpretation is “from the alder tree grove.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Celtic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Varney through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 29 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1950. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 243 as a first name in 2020; 8,173 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Varney’s family of names
Varney has a related form in Varnea. Varney has a related form in Varneah. Varney has a related form in Varnee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Varney
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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