Given name & surname
Vernell
“one who is flourishing”
Vernell is a variant of Verdell. One French interpretation is “one who is flourishing.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vernell is a variant of Verdell. One French interpretation is “one who is flourishing.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Vernell is a variant of Verdell. An origin associated with Verdell is French.
Explained through its name family
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
Vernell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,468
- 3,344 boys · 7,124 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 215 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −76%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 67 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,484 as a first name in 2020; 103 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.
Vernell’s family of names
Vernell has a related form in Verdell.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Vernell
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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