Verville
Verville is a French and French Canadian surname which could mean:
- towards the town, vers meaning towards and ville meaning town or
- green town, from the French word vert meaning green, and ville meaning town or
- as a variant of Vervelle, which is derived from a word denoting the metal keeper or ring through which a bolt is secured[1]
This name may refer to:
- Alfred V. Verville (1890-1970) - an American aviation pioneer
- Alphonse Verville (1864-1921) - a Canadian politician and trade unionist
- Elizabeth Verville - United States official, Department of State
- François Béroalde de Verville (Paris, 1556-1626) - a French Renaissance novelist, poet and intellectual
- Joseph-Achille Verville (1887-1937) - a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Monique Roy Verville (1961-) is a politician from Quebec, Canada
See also
- Vierville (disambiguation)
- Green City (disambiguation)
References
- ↑ Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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