Given name
Virna
“protector and defender”
Virna is a variant of Verena. One German interpretation is “protector and defender.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Virna is a variant of Verena. One German interpretation is “protector and defender.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Virna is a variant of Verena. A possible origin is German, although the derivation remains uncertain. Virna is a variant of Verna. Verna has been associated with Latin and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Virna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 194
- 0 boys · 194 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 38 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 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 640 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.
Virna’s family of names
Virna has a related form in Verna. Virna has a related form in Verena. In Italian usage, Virna has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Βιργινία.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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.
People named Virna
- Virna LisiItalian actress (1936–2014)
- Virna DiasBrazilian volleyball playerborn 1971
- Virna JandirobaBrazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighterborn 1988
- Virna FloresPeruvian actressborn 1977
- Virna De AngeliItalian sprinterborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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