Vernon

English

"place of alders"

Vernon Origin and Meaning

The name Vernon is a boy's name of English origin meaning "place of alders".

Once aristocratic British surname yet to be revived. Vince Vaughn recently gave his son the same double initials as his own when he named him Vernon Vaughn.

Vernon Rank in US Top 1000

# 970 in the US

Popularity of the name Vernon

• 1177 Nameberry 2025
• 632 Unique 2023

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Famous People Named Vernon

• Vernon Davis American football player
• Vernon Kay English TV personality
• Vernon Elvis Presley father of pop icon Elvis Presley
• Vernon Duke American composer and songwriter
• Vernon Reid English,American guitarist of band Living Colour
• Vernon L. Smith winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
• Vernon Michael Wells III American baseball player
• Vernon Hansol Chwe Korean,American rapper and member of the boy band Seventeen
• Vernon Lindsay Vaughn (b. 2013) son of American actor Vince Vaughn

The name Vernon in Pop Culture

• Vernon Dahlart character in the movie "Terms of Endearment"
• Vernon Boyd character in MTV show "Teen Wolf"
• Vernon Dursley character in the "Harry Potter" series
• Vernon Wormer dean in film "National Lampoon's Animal House"
• Vernon Gaines character on TV sitcom "A Different World"
• Vernon Francis "Frank" Gallagher main character on TV's "Shameless"
• Mount Vernon Virginia, plantation home of 1st U.S. President George Washington
• Vernon Walther character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain
• Vernon Fenwick character cameraman in the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Franchise