The culver Surname
culver Name Meaning and History
English: from Old English culfre ‘dove’ (Late Latin
columbula, a diminutive of columba), which Reaney
suggests was used as a term of endearment. It may therefore have been
applied as nickname for a lovelorn youth or perhaps for someone who
used the expression indiscriminately. Otherwise, it may have been a
metonymic occupational name for a keeper of doves or a nickname for
someone bearing some fancied resemblance to a dove, such as mildness
of temper.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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