Vernal

Where Vernal comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Vernal.

Vernal through the years
  1. 1894
    First appearance
    #1,074 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1898
    Peak, #885
    7 babies named Vernal, its best rank.
  3. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1911
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  5. 1925
    Vernal G. Riffe, Jr. born
    American politician
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Vernal G. Riffe, Jr. · American politician, 1925–1997

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.