Vernon (surname)
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Vernon is a surname, from a masculine name that is derived from the Gaul
word vern for Alder
tree
(also spring
like, flourishing, or full of life) and a Gaulish-latin
suffix indicating a location. Thus Vernon is a "place of alders". Variants include Vern, Vernard, Verne, Verna, Sberna, Sberno. Vernon was introduced into England
as an aristocrat
ic surname
at the time of the Norman conquest. A Hispanic variant is spelled Vernón, which is in keeping with other two syllable names ending in "ón," such as Colón and Simón.
There are a lot of spelling variations for Vernon: VERN, VERNA, BERNA, SBERNA (Dialect) and more.
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Gaul
Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...
word vern for Alder
Alder
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas along the Andes southwards to...
tree
Tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...
(also spring
Spring (hydrosphere)
A spring—also known as a rising or resurgence—is a component of the hydrosphere. Specifically, it is any natural situation where water flows to the surface of the earth from underground...
like, flourishing, or full of life) and a Gaulish-latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
suffix indicating a location. Thus Vernon is a "place of alders". Variants include Vern, Vernard, Verne, Verna, Sberna, Sberno. Vernon was introduced into England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
as an aristocrat
Aristocracy (class)
The aristocracy are people considered to be in the highest social class in a society which has or once had a political system of Aristocracy. Aristocrats possess hereditary titles granted by a monarch, which once granted them feudal or legal privileges, or deriving, as in Ancient Greece and India,...
ic surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
at the time of the Norman conquest. A Hispanic variant is spelled Vernón, which is in keeping with other two syllable names ending in "ón," such as Colón and Simón.
Vernons in the Eleventh Century
The earliest known use of Vernon as a surname dates from the early 1030s, when a Hugh de Vernon was recorded as one of the men consenting to a grant of land by Duke Robert of Normandy to the abbey of St Wandrille at Serville, ten miles north of Rouen. Although the Hugh and his family were to become lords of Vernon later in the eleventh century, Hugh was not lord of Vernon at the time of this charter as the Dukes of Normandy held this title personally until 1035 and in that year Duke William, Robert’s son, then granted the title to his cousin, Guy de Burgundy. The lordship would have passed to Hugh de Vernon in 1047 following the failed rebellion of Guy de Burgundy. Hugh survived until the early 1050s when he was succeeded as lord of Vernon by his son William.There are a lot of spelling variations for Vernon: VERN, VERNA, BERNA, SBERNA (Dialect) and more.
For descendants of this family see:-
- Vernon familyVernon familyThe Vernon family was a wealthy, prolific and widespread English family with 11th century origins in Vernon, France.-Vernon of Shipbrook, Cheshire:...
- Vernon BaronetsVernon BaronetsThere have been three Baronetcies created for members of the Vernon family which had its origins in Vernon, France and arrived in England with William the Conqueror in the 11th century and settled in Cheshire....
- Baron VernonBaron VernonLord Vernon, Baron of Kinderton in the County of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1762 for the former Member of Parliament George Venables-Vernon. He had previously represented Lichfield and Derby in the House of Commons...
- Earl of Shipbrook
- Edward VernonEdward VernonEdward Vernon was an English naval officer. Vernon was born in Westminster, England and went to Westminster School. He joined the Navy in 1700 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1702 and served on several different ships for the next five years...
(1684-1757) British Admiral
Other Vernons
- Annie VernonAnnie VernonAnnabel Morwenna Vernon is an English rower.She was educated at Wadebridge School, Downing College, Cambridge and King's College London ....
, a British rower - Dr. Barbara VernonBarbara VernonBarbara Vernon PhD is an Australian birth activist who lobbies government for improved provision of maternity services, particularly the expert use of midwives. She was the Executive Officer of the Australian College of Midwives from 2002 to 2010....
, Australian birth activist - Belinda VernonBelinda VernonBelinda Jane Vernon is a former New Zealand politician. She was an MP from 1996 to 2002, representing the National Party.-Early life:...
, New Zealand politician - Bobby VernonBobby VernonBobby Vernon was an American comedic actor in silent films. He later became a writer and comedy supervisor at Paramount for W.C. Fields and Bing Crosby, when the sound era arrived....
, film actor - Caroline VernonCaroline VernonCaroline Nellie Vernon was born in Woolwich, London, England to Emma Clark and Frederick Clark. She married John Ernest Vernon, a writer in the Royal Navy in 1931. In 1936 she joined her husband in Malta where she spent the next seven years. She worked as a volunteer cryptanalyst.She had four...
, English author - Charles VernonCharles VernonCharles "Charlie" Vernon is the bass trombonist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and serves as professor of trombone at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.-Education:...
, American musician - Colonel Chris VernonChris VernonColonel Christopher Hilary Vernon is a British Army officer. In 2003, Colonel Vernon gained international attention as the senior spokesman for the British Landforces during the 2003 invasion of Iraq....
, British Military Spokesman - Dai VernonDai VernonDai Vernon , aka The Professor, was a Canadian magician. His expert sleight-of-hand technique and extensive knowledge garnered him respect among fellow magicians. His influence was considerable in the magic world, and he was a mentor to numerous famous magicians...
, Canadian magician - David Vernon, Australian writer
- Di VernonDi VernonDi Vernon is the heroine in Sir Walter Scott's Rob Roy, an enthusiastic royalist, distinguished for her beauty and talents....
, fictional character - Forbes George VernonForbes George VernonForbes George Vernon , Lieutenant British Army, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1875 to 1882, and from 1886 to 1894, representing the riding of Yale...
, Canadian legislator - George VernonGeorge VernonGeorge Frederick Vernon was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club. He also played one Test match for England during the first-ever Ashes tour in 1882-83.Vernon was the son of George Vernon of 32 Montague Square...
, English cricketer - Howard VernonHoward VernonHoward Vernon was a Swiss actor.Vernon was born Mario Lippert to a Swiss father and an American mother and was fluent in German, English, and French...
, Swiss actor - Irene VernonIrene VernonIrene Vernon was an American actress.-Background:Vernon was born as Irene Vergauwen in Mishawaka, Indiana. Her career began with small uncredited roles in 1940s movies...
, American actress - Jackie Vernon (comedian), comedian
- Jackie VernonJackie Vernon (footballer)John Joseph Vernon also referred to as Jackie Vernon, is a former Irish footballer who played for, amongst others, Belfast Celtic and West Bromwich Albion. Vernon was a dual international and played for both Ireland teams - the IFA XI and the FAI XI...
- John VernonJohn VernonJohn Keith Vernon was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in Canada.-Early life:...
, Canadian actor - Jules VernonJules VernonJules Vernon was born Walter Lester Pope Knyvette, in East India, as the son of an English officer in the army...
, vaudeville performer - Kate VernonKate VernonKate Vernon is a Canadian-born film and television actress. She is best known for her roles as Lorraine Prescott on the CBS soap opera Falcon Crest from , the stuck-up and popular Benny Hanson in the comedy film Pretty in Pink , Mary-John Lovejoy in The Lost Colony Feature of Lovejoy and...
, Canadian actress - Michael VernonMichael VernonMichael 'Mike' Vernon A.M. was a prominent Australian consumer activist. Vernon was born in Portsmouth, United Kingdom in 1932 to John Ernest Vernon and Caroline Vernon . He emigrated to Australia in 1955 and settled in Canberra, Australia...
, Australian consumer activist - Mickey VernonMickey VernonJames Barton "Mickey" Vernon was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators for the majority of his career, as well as four other teams: the Cleveland Indians , Boston Red Sox , Milwaukee Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates...
, Major League Baseball player - Mike Vernon (ice hockey)
- Nan VernonNan VernonNan Vernon is a Canadian singer and actress". She is notable for providing the end credit music of both of Rob Zombie's Halloween films and for being part of the "singer-songwriter trend" of women nurturing folk music's rebirth.-Early career:The Eurythmic's Dave Stewart discovered Vernon...
, Canadian musician - Philip A. VernonPhilip A. VernonPhilip Anthony Vernon is a psychology professor and intelligence researcher. Vernon is currently one of two editors-in-chief of the scientific journal Personality and Individual Differences and sits on the editorial board of Intelligence and the board of directors of the International Society for...
, Canadian psychology professor - Philip E. VernonPhilip E. VernonPhilip Ewart Vernon was a British psychologist. He studied race and intelligence.Born in Oxford, England, he attended St. John's College, Cambridge and received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1927. Vernon studied contributions of environmental and genetic factors to intellectual...
, English psychology professor - Richard VernonRichard VernonRichard Vernon was a British actor. He appeared in many feature films and television programmes, often in aristocratic or supercilious roles...
, English actor - Robert VernonRobert VernonRobert Vernon is a classical violist and teacher.Robert Vernon has served as the Principal Violist of the Cleveland Orchestra since 1976. Vernon occupies the endowed Chaillé H. and Richard B. Tullis Chair, and along with Franklin Cohen has served longer in a Principal position than any other...
, American Musician - Roger Lee VernonRoger Lee VernonRoger Lee Vernon is an American science fiction writer.He got a master's degree from Northwestern University, traveled extensively throughout North American and Europe, and while writing his stories in the early 1950s worked as a Chicago high school teacher.-Works:* The Space Frontiers - short...
, Science Fiction writer - Roy VernonRoy VernonThomas Royston "Roy" Vernon was a Welsh international footballer who played for Blackburn Rovers, Everton and Stoke City.-Career:...
, Welsh footballer - Scott VernonScott VernonScott Malcolm Vernon is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen.-Early career:...
, English footballer - Valerie VernonValerie VernonValerie Ann Vernon is an American actress best known for her role as Kendrix Morgan, the Pink Ranger on Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy...
, American actress - William VernonWilliam VernonWilliam Vernon , of Newport, Rhode Island, was a New England trader who played a leading role in the Continental Congress' maritime activities during the American Revolution...
, Rhode Islander active in the American Revolution