Vernice

Where Vernice comes from

The dictionaries list Vernice as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1887
    First appearance
    #1,147 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1919
    Peak, #451
    214 babies named Vernice — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1936
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #638.
  4. 1973
    Vernice Armour born
    United States Marine Corps pilot
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Vernice Armour · United States Marine Corps pilot, born 1973

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.