# Laverne

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,471

## Definitions
1. A female given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
19th-century invention, possibly from the Californian town La Verne, named in the belief that it means "the green" in French. Laverne is a genuine French surname, from Gaulish la verne "the alder (tree place)" but - as in the case of Leroy - there is no apparent reason to turn it into an American given name.

## Easily confused with
- **Lucerne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laverne-vs-lucerne)
- **Lavigne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laverne-vs-lavigne)
- **laver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laver-vs-laverne)

## Common misspellings (10)
`alverne`, `laevrne`, `lavenre`, `laveren`, `lavernne`, `laverrne`, `lavrene`, `lavverne`, `llaverne`, `lvaerne`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/laverne