Given name & surname · also Ukrainian
Verba
“willow”
Verba is a surname from Ukrainian, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in English and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Verba goes back to Ukrainian верба, meaning “willow.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Verba comes from Ukrainian, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ukrainian Верба, from Ukrainian верба (“willow”), from Czech Vrba, from Slovak Vrba, from Proto-Slavic *vьrba (“willow”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Verba through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 603
- 0 boys · 603 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 28 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 girls is 5 in 1960. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249 as a first name in 2020; 636 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.
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