Laverne
Laverne is a unisex given name: about 24% of people named Laverne are men and 76% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
Laverne · LaVerne
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Male / female split
- 24% male / 76% female
- Confidence
- High (64 or more weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, Great Britain
- Also spelled
- LaVerne
- US births since 1880
- 13,195 male / 42,868 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Laverne
To address Laverne when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Laverne," in English, "Guten Tag Laverne," in German. About 24% of people named Laverne are men and 76% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Laverne,
German
Guten Tag Laverne,
French
Bonjour Laverne,
Spanish
Estimado/a Laverne:
Chinese
Laverne您好：
Japanese
Laverne様
English
Hi Laverne,
German
Hi Laverne,
French
Salut Laverne,
Spanish
Hola Laverne,
Chinese
Laverne你好：
Japanese
Laverneさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | woman's name | 24% |
| Great Britain | rare | woman's name | 25% |
United States birth data
13,195 male · 42,868 female · 56,063 births recorded
Since 1980: 44% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Laverne a male or female name?
Laverne is a unisex given name: about 24% of people named Laverne are men and 76% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Laverne in an email?
To address Laverne when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Laverne," in English, "Guten Tag Laverne," in German. About 24% of people named Laverne are men and 76% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Laverne a unisex name?
Laverne is not a unisex name: 24% of people named Laverne are men. Laverne leans strongly female overall.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.
DearWho, "Is Laverne a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/laverne (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_laverne,
title = {Is Laverne a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/laverne},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}