Vernon (surname)

Vernon (surname)

Vernon is a surname, from a masculine name that is derived from the Gaul word "vern" for Alder tree (also springlike, 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 and Verna. Vernon was introduced into England as an aristocratic 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.

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. [M.Fauroux, Actes des Ducs de Normandie, 911-1066, No.80] 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.

* Annie Vernon, a British rower
* Dr. Barbara Vernon, Australian birth activist
* Belinda Vernon, New Zealand politician
* Bobby Vernon, film actor
* Caroline Vernon, English author
* Charles Vernon, American musician
* Colonel Chris Vernon, British Military Spokesman
* Dai Vernon, Canadian magician
* David Vernon, Australian writer
* Di Vernon, fictional character
* Edward Vernon (1684-1757) British Admiral
* Forbes George Vernon, Canadian legislator
* Gavin Vernon
* George Vernon, English cricketer
* Howard Vernon, Swiss actor
* Irene Vernon, American actress
* Jackie Vernon, comedian
* Jackie Vernon
* John Vernon, Canadian actor
* Jules Vernon, vaudeville performer
* Kate Vernon, Canadian actress
* Michael Vernon, Australian consumer activist
* Mickey Vernon, Major League Baseball player
* Mike Vernon (ice hockey)
* Philip A. Vernon, Canadian psychology professor
* Philip E. Vernon, English psychology professor
* Richard Vernon, English actor
* Roy Vernon, Welsh footballer
* Valerie Vernon, American actress
* William Vernon, Rhode Islander active in the American Revolution
* Toby Vernon, DJ from Andover

References

* [http://www.the-vernons.com/ The Vernons] - the website of Vernon Family descendants


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