Verner

Where Verner comes from

Verner hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1882
    Verner Weckman born
    Olympic wrestler
  3. 1894
    Peak, #480
    17 babies named Verner — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #978.
  5. 1926
    Verner Panton born
    Danish furniture designer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Verner Panton · Danish furniture designer, 1926–1998
  • Verner Weckman · Olympic wrestler, 1882–1968
  • Verner Järvinen · Finnish athletics competitor, 1870–1941
  • Verner Lička · Czech soccer player and soccer coach, born 1954
  • Verner Blaudzun · Danish cyclist, born 1946

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.