Verge Family History

English: nickname from Middle English verge ‘rod, pole, or perch (unit of length or area); half-acre’ (Old French verge) perhaps denoting the owner of that amount of land.

English: variant of Ferridge, a habitational name from Verridge Wood in Frant (Sussex). The placename probably derives from Old English fearn ‘fern, bracken’ + hrycg ‘ridge’.

Catalan (Vergé): variant of Verger, a topographic name from Catalan verger ‘orchard’ (from Latin viridiarium).

Catalan: possibly also a nickname from verge ‘maiden’ (from Latin virgo ‘maiden’).

Altered form of French Canadian Thivierge.