Here is a list of American names that start with V. The page includes American names for boys and girls from different eras, as well as last names.
The list is divided into multiple sections. The first names in this randomizer come from the official site of the Social Security Administration of the United States. Modern names are those popular today, while traditional names were popular throughout the 1900s. Some names appear in both eras. The surnames in this list are the 10,000 most common surnames in the U.S. Census.
All of the names also appear in my Random American Name Generator.
- Traditional Male American Names that Start with V
- Modern Male American Names that Start with V
- Traditional Female American Names that Start with V
- Modern Female American Names that Start with V
- American Last Names that Start with V
- Why Are American Names Starting with V So Rare?
As the names come from official statistics, they represent several different ethnicities. I decided to keep the statistics as they are instead of filtering out names with different backgrounds. Because of this, some first and last name combinations may seem very unlikely.
Classic American Masculine Names Starting with V
- Vernon
- Victor
- Vincent
- Virgil
Popular American Male Baby Names Beginning with V
- Victor
- Vincent
American Female Names Popular in the 1900s, Starting with V
- Valerie
- Vanessa
- Velma
- Vera
- Verna
- Veronica
- Vicki
- Vickie
- Vicky
- Victoria
- Viola
- Violet
- Virgie
- Virginia
- Vivian
American Girl Names Beginning with V (2000s)
- Valentina
- Valeria
- Valerie
- Vanessa
- Veronica
- Victoria
- Violet
- Vivian
Present-Day American Last Names that Start with V
- Vaca
- Vaccaro
- Vail
- Vaillancourt
- Valadez
- Valdes
- Valdez
- Valdivia
- Valdovinos
- Vale
- Valencia
- Valente
- Valenti
- Valentin
- Valentine
- Valentino
- Valenzuela
- Valera
- Valerio
- Valero
- Valladares
- Valle
- Vallejo
- Vallejos
- Valles
- Valley
- Valtierra
- Valverde
- Van
- Vanburen
- Vanbuskirk
- Vancamp
- Vance
- Vancleave
- Vandenberg
- Vanderpool
- Vandiver
- Vandusen
- Vandyke
- Vanegas
- Vang
- Vanhook
- Vanhoose
- Vanhorn
- Vanhouten
- Vanlandingham
- Vanmeter
- Vann
- Vanness
- Vannoy
- Vanover
- Vanpelt
- Vansickle
- Vanwinkle
- Vanzandt
- Vanzant
- Vara
- Varela
- Varga
- Vargas
- Varghese
- Vargo
- Varnado
- Varner
- Varney
- Vasquez
- Vaughan
- Vaughn
- Vaught
- Vazquez
- Veach
- Veal
- Vega
- Vela
- Velarde
- Velasco
- Velasquez
- Velazco
- Velazquez
- Velez
- Veliz
- Vella
- Veloz
- Venable
- Vences
- Venegas
- Ventura
- Vera
- Veras
- Verdin
- Verdugo
- Verduzco
- Vereen
- Vergara
- Verma
- Vermillion
- Vernon
- Vest
- Vestal
- Vetter
- Via
- Vice
- Vicente
- Vick
- Vickers
- Vickery
- Victor
- Victoria
- Vidal
- Vidales
- Vieira
- Viera
- Vierra
- Vigil
- Villa
- Villafuerte
- Villagomez
- Villagran
- Villalba
- Villalobos
- Villalpando
- Villalta
- Villanueva
- Villar
- Villareal
- Villarreal
- Villasenor
- Villatoro
- Villavicencio
- Villeda
- Villegas
- Villela
- Vincent
- Vines
- Vineyard
- Vining
- Vinson
- Viola
- Violette
- Viramontes
- Virgen
- Visser
- Vital
- Vitale
- Viveros
- Vizcarra
- Vo
- Voelker
- Vogel
- Vogler
- Vogt
- Voigt
- Volk
- Vollmer
- Volpe
- Volz
- Vong
- Voorhees
- Vos
- Voss
- Voyles
- Vu
- Vue
- Vuong
- Vyas
Why Are American Names Starting with V So Rare?
American first names beginning with V are somewhat uncommon because English has historically had a limited pool of traditional V-given names. Most classic examples came from Latin or European sources and were especially popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After mid-century, many of these began to feel old-fashioned, and modern naming trends shifted toward softer vowel-heavy names or newly coined names starting with other letters. A few V-names like Victoria, Violet, and Valentina remain visible, though.
V-surnames are much more common because American last names reflect wide immigration patterns. Since surnames are inherited and tied to diverse linguistic traditions, the letter V appears far more frequently in American last names than in first names.
About This List
I have made similar lists of American names for all the letters of the alphabet from A to Z:
- Names that Start with A
- Names that Start with B
- Names that Start with C
- Names that Start with D
- Names that Start with E
- Names that Start with F
- Names that Start with G
- Names that Start with H
- Names that Start with I
- Names that Start with J
- Names that Start with K
- Names that Start with L
- Names that Start with M
- Names that Start with N
- Names that Start with O
- Names that Start with P
- Names that Start with Q
- Names that Start with R
- Names that Start with S
- Names that Start with T
- Names that Start with U
- Names that Start with V
- Names that Start with W
- Names that Start with X
- Names that Start with Y
- Names that Start with Z
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