Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Verma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 929
- 0 boys · 929 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 34 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 6 in 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 388 as a first name in 2020; 9,188 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.
Verma’s family of names
In English usage, Verma as a surname has a related form in VARMA. In Greek usage, Verma as a surname is a transliteration of Βέρμα. In English usage, Verma as a surname was borrowed from the Hindi form वर्मा.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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