Verner

Where Verner comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Verner.

Verner through the years
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1882
    Verner Weckman born
    Olympic wrestler
  3. 1894
    Peak, #480
    17 babies named Verner, its best rank.
  4. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #978.
  5. 1926
    Verner Panton born
    Danish furniture designer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Verner Panton · Danish furniture designer, 1926–1998
  • Verner Weckman · Olympic wrestler, 1882–1968
  • Verner Järvinen · Finnish athletics competitor, 1870–1941
  • Verner Lička · Czech soccer player and soccer coach, born 1954
  • Verner Blaudzun · Danish cyclist, born 1946

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.