Laverne (name)

Laverne
Gender	Unisex
Language	English
Other names
Variant forms	LaVern, LaVerne

Last updated October 26, 2025

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Laverne or La Verne is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

LaVerne Andrews (1911–1967), American singer of the Andrews Sisters singing trio
Laverne Brackens (born 1927), American quilt maker
Laverne Cox (born 1972), American actress and LGBT advocate
Laverne Harding (1905–1984), American cartoon animator
LaVerne Jones-Ferrette (born 1981), sprinter from the U.S. Virgin Islands
LaVerne E. Ragster (born 1951), U.S. Virgin Islands marine biologist and academic administrator
Laverne Smith (born 1954), American football player
Harry Laverne Anderson (1952–2018), American actor

Surname

Andy LaVerne (born 1947), American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
Marc Chirik (1907–1990), also known as Marc Laverne, Communist revolutionary and one of the founding militants of the International Communist Current
Lauren Laverne (born 1978), English disc jockey and television presenter
Lucille La Verne (1872–1945), American actress
Pattie Laverne (died 1916), English singer and actress
Thomas Laverne (1917–1994), New York state senator

Fictional characters

LaVerne, a character in Stephen King's The Raft (short story) and its adaptation in Creepshow 2
Laverne De Fazio, of the television series Laverne & Shirley
Laverne Roberts, a nurse on the television series Scrubs
Laverne Todd, a nurse on the television series Empty Nest
One of the characters in the television show The Cher Show
One of the player characters in the adventure game Day of the Tentacle
Laverne (gargoyle), one of the supporting characters from Disney's 1996 animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Julie LaVerne, a character in the film Show Boat (1951), played by Ava Gardner
Judith Laverne Hopps, the full name of Judy Hopps, the main protagonist from Disney's animated film, Zootopia
Judge Laverne Holt, a character in the television show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Laverne (name)

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Given name

Surname

Fictional characters

See also