The deaver Surname
deaver Name Meaning and History
- Irish: variant of Dever.
- Perhaps a respelling of German Düwer, Düver, from Middle Low German duver ‘male pigeon’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird or a metonymic occupational name for a dove keeper.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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