Given name
Veryl
“one who is faithful”
Veryl is a variant of Verrill. One French interpretation is “one who is faithful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Veryl is a variant of Verrill. One French interpretation is “one who is faithful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Veryl is a variant of Verrill. An origin associated with Verrill is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Veryl through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,060
- 686 boys · 374 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 44 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 boys is 6 in 1961. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 364 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.
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.
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