Vernon

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • town Eure (department) Normandy (region) France (country).
  • village Ardèche (department) Languedoc (province) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region) France (country).
  • , originally a Norman baronial name, derived from the town in Normandy.
  • A male given name from surnames.
  • city British Columbia (province) Canada (country) ; named for {{w Forbes George Vernon, former MLA for British Columbia}}.
  • locale US (country).

Origin

  • From (from Proto-Celtic *wernā, from Proto-Indo-European *wern-) + -o, -onis.

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