VERNON
VUR-nən
A place-name surname turned given name, Vernon suggests a green, wooded, alder-covered place.
Meaning
Vernon began as a French place name and surname, later adopted as a given name. It is commonly linked to a word for the alder tree or an alder grove, with the sense of a wooded, verdant place; some etymologies also connect it to land or terrain marked by alder trees.
Origin
Old FrenchGaulishLatinmasculine
Fun fact
Vernon was long used mainly as a surname and place name before becoming a fairly familiar first name in English-speaking countries.
Confidence: pattern inferred. Sources: based on general naming-pattern knowledge.