Vernon ( surname ) - wikipedia 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, Verna, Sberna, Sberno. Vernon was introduced into England as an aristocratic surname at the time of the Norman conquest. It was adapted into Spanish as `` Vernón ''. Contents 1 Earliest use as a surname 2 Other Vernons 3 References 4 External links Earliest use as a surname The earliest known use of Vernon as a surname dates from 1031 in Normandy, when a Hugh son of Roger de Vernon granted the church of St Peter in Fourques ( probably either the present day Saint Paul de Fourques or St Eloi de Fourques ) to the Abbey of St Ouen in Rouen. A few years later Hugh 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 Hugh and his family were to become lords of the town and castle of Vernon later in the eleventh century, Hugh was not its lord at the time of this charter as the Dukes of Normandy held this title personally until 1035. In that year Duke William, Robert 's son, then granted the title to his cousin, Guy de Burgundy. The lordship seems to 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. For descendants of this family see : - Vernon family Vernon Baronets Baron Vernon Earl of Shipbrook Edward Vernon ( 1684 - 1757 ) British Admiral Other Vernons Annabel Vernon, 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 ( writer ), Australian writer Di Vernon ( disambiguation ) Forbes George Vernon, Canadian legislator George Vernon, English cricketer Howard Vernon, Swiss actor Hansol Vernon Choi, member of Kpop group Seventeen Irene Vernon, American actress Jackie Vernon ( comedian ), comedian Jackie Vernon John Vernon, Canadian actor Judy Vernon, English athlete Jules Vernon, vaudeville performer Justin Vernon, American musician - songwriter Kate Vernon, Canadian actress Konstanze Vernon, German ballet dancer Mabel Vernon, American suffragist Melinda Vernon, Australian deaf athlete Michael Vernon, Australian consumer activist Mickey Vernon, Major League Baseball player Mike Vernon ( ice hockey ) Nan Vernon, Canadian musician Patrick Vernon, British social activist of Jamaican heritage Philip A. Vernon, Canadian psychology professor Philip E. Vernon, English psychology professor Richard Vernon ( disambiguation ) Robert Vernon, American Musician Roy Vernon, Welsh footballer Scott Vernon, English footballer Valerie Vernon, American actress Walter Liberty Vernon, architect New South Wales, Australia William Vernon, Rhode Islander active in the American Revolution Gavin Vernon, Scottish folk hero active in the Removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950 References Jump up ^ Luke Potter, http://vernonfamilytree.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/roger-de-vernon-first-of-vernons.html, Jump up ^ M. Fauroux, Actes des Ducs de Normandie, 911 - 1066, No. 80 External links The Vernons - the website of Vernon Family descendants Surname list This page lists people with the surname Vernon. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vernon_(surname)&oldid=840152407 '' Categories : Surnames Surnames of Norman origin Hidden categories : Articles with short description All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 8 May 2018, at 02 : 05. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the meaning of the name vernon
Answer: place of alders