Vere

Where Vere comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Vere.

  • Vowel-ended
Vere through the years
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #971 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1888
    Peak, #815
    7 babies named Vere, its best rank.
  3. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1892
    Vere Gordon Childe born
    British prehistorian archaeologist
  5. 1910
    Vere Bird born
    Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
  6. 1913
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Vere Gordon Childe · British prehistorian archaeologist, 1892–1957
  • Vere Bird · Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, 1910–1999
  • Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough · British politician, 1880–1956
  • Vere St. Leger Goold · Irish tennis player, 1853–1909
  • Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere · British Baron and politician, 1699–1781

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.