Lavergne
Feminine · “alder (from the French surname)”
Lavergne is given to both — 526 girls and 17 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Lavergne is a French surname and place name, found in Louisiana as well as France, and it carries the French gn that says 'ny', as in Champagne. American speech usually lets the gn go quiet, so the name comes out la-VURN, twin in sound to Laverne.
How old is the name Lavergne?
Lavergne first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Lavergne alive today was born around 1923, making them about 102 years old. Fewer than a hundred people named Lavergne are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Lavergne most popular?
Lavergne peaked in 1917, reaching #1241 nationally. See the whole 1917 chart.
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Where it comes from
From vergne (regional French, 'alder') to Lavergne
The story of Lavergne
Lavergne began as a French place name, 'the alder place', and became a surname, one that is found in Louisiana. As an American given name for girls it stands beside Laverne, so close in sound that most families said the two alike. The French spelling keeps the gn, which French pronounces like the ny in canyon; English speakers who meet the name on paper tend to drop that sound. Nothing else is recorded about this spelling as a given name.
Meaningscholars disagree
alder (from the French surname)
As a French surname and place name, Lavergne is built on vergne, a regional word for the alder tree. The given name also sits one letter from Laverne, whose own source is argued between the same alder word and Laverna, a Roman goddess; the record does not say which road each family took.
How the name formed
- vergneregional French, 'alder'
- Lavergneplace and surname
- Lavergnegiven name
Pronouncing Lavergne
la-VURN
In American use it is said like Laverne. In French the ending carries a 'ny' sound, close to la-VERN-yuh.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1912
- Most girls named
- 192537 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1241reached in 1917
- Change vs 1945
- +20.0%6 in 1947, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lavergnes among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Lavergne are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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Fashion outlook
Lavergne sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A real French surname and place name with a documented meaning.
- Sounds like Laverne, so it is easy to say once heard.
- Few people will guess the gn; expect it to be read la-VERG-nee or spelled Laverne.
- Nearly every Lavergne on record is a girl; a boy with this spelling would share it almost entirely with women, though as a surname it belongs to everyone.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lavergnes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Lavergne are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How popular is the name Lavergne in 2025?
- Lavergne is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Lavergne with classmates?
- Lavergne will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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