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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Staff bearer

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Kent and London) : from Old French verge ‘half-acre’, hence a status name for the owner of that amount of land.
  • Catalan (Vergé) : variant of Verger, topographic name from Catalan verger ‘orchard’ (Latin viridiarium)
  • Catalan : possibly also a nickname from verge ‘maiden’ (Latin virgo ‘maiden’).

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