Given name & surname
Verbena
“sacred limb; sacred plants”
Verbena is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “sacred limb; sacred plants.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “sacred limb; sacred plants.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Verbena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 98
- 0 boys · 98 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 9 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 105 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Verbena’s family of names
Verbena has a related form in Verbane. Verbena has a related form in Verbeen. Verbena has a related form in Verbeena.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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