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]
Verville (Merry Point, Virginia) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Virginia
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
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