Vernon

Meanings

1. A town in Eure department, Normandy, France.
2. A village in Ardèche department, Languedoc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
3. An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman, originally a Norman baronial name, derived from the town in Normandy.
4. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
5. A city in British Columbia, Canada; named for Forbes George Vernon, former MLA for British Columbia.
6. A neighborhood of Ottawa, Ontario.
7. A locale in the United States.
8. A city, the county seat of Lamar County, Alabama.
9. A census-designated place in Arizona; named for American educator, minister and bishop William Tecumseh Vernon.
10. A city in Los Angeles County, California.
11. A census-designated place in Colorado; named for a local minister.
12. A town in Tolland County, Connecticut; named for George Washington's home, Mount Vernon.

Etymology

From Transalpine Gaulish uerna (“alder”) (from Proto-Celtic *wernā, from Proto-Indo-European *wern-) + -o, -onis (locative suffix, literally “place of alder trees”).