Verville

Verville is a French and French Canadian surname which could mean:

towards the town, from the French words vers, meaning "towards", and ville, meaning "town"; or
green town, from the French vert, meaning "green", and ville, meaning "town".

It can also be a variant of Vervelle, which is derived from a word that means "metal keeper" or "ring through which a bolt is secured".^[1]

The surname may refer to:

Alfred V. Verville (1890–1970), an American aviation pioneer
Alphonse Verville (1864–1921), a Canadian politician and trade unionist
Elizabeth Verville, an American diplomat for the U.S. State Department
François Béroalde de Verville (Paris, 1556–1626), a French Renaissance novelist, poet and intellectual
Joseph-Achille Verville (1887–1937), a Canadian politician and Liberal Party member of the Canadian House of Commons
Monique Roy Verville (1961–), a politician from Quebec, Canada

References

↑ Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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