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Verna

American  
[vur-nuh] / ˈvɜr nə /

noun

  1. a female given name.


Example Sentences

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Verna has lost communications due to the power lines being down.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

Verna Genus was sheltering from the storm at her four bedroom home in the village of Carlisle, St Elizabeth, when the hurricane ripped the zinc roof off her house.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

“The other companies have started small and built up from there, and I see Netflix going in exactly the same direction,” Verna said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

“Amazon and YouTube and Apple and now Netflix, they’re all totally in the mix,” said Paul Verna, vice president of content at market research firm Emarketer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

I enlisted Verna, my law school friend, to go by when she could, as a sort of proxy for me.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama