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If you're having a daughter born during the Spring season, you should totally consider Verna (though, of course, she wouldn't need to be born in spring to have this name)! It sounds very light and natural; a true beauty to my ears.
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Verna Wilkins, FRSL, is a Grenadian-British publisher and author. In 1987 she founded the children's books imprint Tamarind Books, "producing quality inclusive literature that featured Black, Asian and minority ethnic children and children with disabilities" out of her concern about the effect on children who did not see themselves represented in books. Tamarind was acquired 20 years later by the Random House Group and became part of Random House Children's Books. Wilkins is also the author of more than 40 picture books and biographies for young people.
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Verna Kirkness, CM, OM, is a Cree (First Nations North American) scholar, pioneer and lifelong proponent of indigenous language, culture and education who has been influential in Canadian indigenous education policy and practice. She is an associate professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia. Kirkness has received numerous awards for her outstanding contributions spanning five decades including the Order of Canada in 1998. Kirkness had an important impact on Canadian indigenous education policy and practice. She is the author of "numerous books and articles on the history of Indigenous education." The University of Manitoba's Verna J. Kirkness Science and Engineering Education Program was established in 2009 and in November 2013 a native studies colloquium honoured her as a national leader in education.
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I much prefer Verna to the Italian Virna. Virna seems made up while Verna is linked with the Latin word. It's not so different to Vanda or Vilma... Why not? Interesting.
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Beautiful, unusual, mature name! Verna has beauty! I love this name, it is also so rare, not many people have it. Beautiful, quality, elegant name.
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Verna Saunders is a New York Supreme Court Justice.
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In 2018, 80 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Verna who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 1, 002nd most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
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I don’t care what anyone says, this name ROCKS!
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This is my daughter’s name and I love our choice so much. She was born in the Spring which is part of why we chose it. It’s a powerful name for a powerful little woman. I think it’s a great blend of strength in sound and a more feminine, kind of fertile meaning of Spring. I love how uncommon yet familiar and easy to pronounce it is. Also, it has a surprisingly great pool of nicknames: Vee, Vern (gender ambiguous), Vera (which is much trendier and more accessible if that’s what she’s after later in life). I think it’s also a name that could travel well internationally. Love this name!
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I love the name Verna, but I'm willing to admit I may be biased given that my name is Verne. In response to the above comment, however, it's actually improbable that a child would encounter someone with a grandmother named Verna. With baby boomers being the current generation of grandparents, a grandma is much more likely to be named, say, Cindy or Lisa.
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If you name your child Verna she will get comments like "That's my grandma's name" and her name will be quite often mispronounced as "Vera." Don't do it.
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The name Verna was given to 25 girls born in the US in 2015.
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The meaning "spring" for the name Verna is just lovely. This is a wonderful, pretty, vintage name. Definitely deserves a comeback.
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Verna is also an old Finnish name. Same origin: from Latin, meaning vernal, springlike.
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Verna is also a Finnish name and it's pronounced as VER-nu.
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Verna Bloom, American actress.
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This might also be used as a pet form of Veronica.
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I think this name is ugly and dated. It brings to mind a mean old woman.
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American actress Verna Felton, voice of the Queen of Hearts in Walt Disney's version of Alice in Wonderland, Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, other characters in Disney films. Also Hilda Crocker in television series December Bride and Pete and Gladys (the second a spinoff of the first).
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This name was perhaps originated from the Slavic goddess of spring "Vesna".
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This name is derived from the word "VERNAL", an adjective relating to, or occuring in the spring. It alsom means youthful, springlike, young.
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