Given name
Verlene
“a vivacious woman”
Verlene is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “a vivacious woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a vivacious woman.”
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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Verlene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,874
- 0 boys · 1,874 girls
- Most popular year
- 1939
- 63 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 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 63 in 1939. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,039 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.
Verlene’s family of names
Verlene has a related form in Verlyn. Verlene has a related form in Verlean. Verlene has a related form in Verlena.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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