Verna

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Female Name

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

1) Latin vernus, -a, -um = 'of spring', 'vernal' ^[1]

2) Female form of Verner (see Warinheri) ^[1]

3) Swedish värna = 'to protect' ^[1]

Related Names

Verna	♀
Werna	♀
Värna	♀
Väärna	♀

Name Days

Finland

11 April

Finland (Swedish Language)

11 April

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1857 ^[1]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		222	437	0	0
Denmark[3]		56	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[4]		0	15	0	0
Finland[5]		n.a.	1311	n.a	1
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Verna.

Sources: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi