The coven Surname
coven Name Meaning and History
- from Old French covine ‘fraud’, ‘deceit’, hence a derogatory nickname for a trickster.
- habitational name from a place in Staffordshire named Coven ‘(place) at the huts or shelters (Old English cofa, dative plural cofum)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Where did the Coven family come from? Kovna, Russia?? | Abe Coven | 3 |
| information about my middle name of Coven | louise coven basham | 1 |
| My ancestors | Dave M Coven | 1 |
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