Meaning & origin
What it means
Verga possibly goes back to a word meaning “crook.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Verga through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 0 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 8 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 1929. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 849 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.
Verga’s family of names
In Italian usage, Verga as a surname has a related form in VIRGA. In Italian usage, Verga as a surname has a related form in VIRGA. In Greek usage, Verga as a surname is a transliteration of Βέργα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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