Verlon
Masculine
Verlon is given to both — 1,698 boys and 326 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
There is a French word one letter away from this name and it means backslang. Verlan is the practice of reversing the syllables of a word — and the word verlan is itself l'envers, meaning the reverse, with its own syllables swapped. A slang system named by an example of itself is a rare thing, and it has nothing to do with this name at all.
How old is the name Verlon?
Verlon first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Verlon alive today was born around 1941, making them about 84 years old. About 700 people named Verlon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Verlon most popular?
Verlon peaked in 1939, reaching #888 nationally. See the whole 1939 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Verlon
It looks like Vernon and it looks like Marlon and it descends from neither with any certainty. The first syllable belongs to a whole American cluster — Verna, Verlin, Verda, Vergie — that shares an opening and, as far as anybody can show, nothing else; the ending belongs to a different cluster entirely. A name assembled from two productive fragments has no parents to trace, which is why honest references list it and stop. The likeliest account is that somebody liked the sound and the record has been carrying it ever since.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source can be established. The name appears in American records without a European ancestor, and the resemblance to French words and to other names is a matter of shape rather than descent.
Pronouncing Verlon
VUR-lun
Two syllables with the stress at the front. Both vowels reduce, which is why the spelling has never settled between o and i.
Nicknames for Verlon
Moderate
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
- 1913
- Most boys named
- 193949 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #888reached in 1939
- Change vs 1993
- −28.6%5 in 2001, from 7
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.
Verlons among us
people named Verlon are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Verlon 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
- It is short, plain and easy to say on first meeting.
- It works across the sexes without straining for it.
- Lonnie sits inside it as a completely established short form.
- No meaning can be given and no origin can be traced.
- Most children with this spelling are boys, but a real minority are girls; either may be taken for the other.
- The generation that used it is now very old.
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Frequently asked
- How many Verlons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Verlon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Verlon in 2025?
- Verlon is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Verlon with classmates?
- Verlon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More V names
The most-given names starting with V, all years combined.
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