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Laverne - Meaning of the name

[ 2 syll. la-ver-ne, lav-e-rne ] The girl name Laverne is pronounced as LahVERN †. Laverne is used mostly in the English language and its language of origin is Latin. Laverne is a form of the English name Laverna. Forms of Laverne include the variant spellings Lavern (English) and Leverne (English).

Laverne is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1928, 0.108% of baby girls were given the name Laverne. It had a ranking of #165 then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is currently used on a very light scale. Within all girl names in its family, Laverne was nonetheless the most popular in 2008. Laverne has mainly been a girl name, though in the last century it has also been used for boys. There were 6 times more girls than boys who were named Laverne in 1963.

Baby names that sound like Laverne include the English LaVerne, the English La Verne, the English Lavern, the English Laverna, and the English Leverne.

 



† Pronunciation for Laverne: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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