English: occupational name for a transporter or server of water,
Middle English ewer (Old Northern French evier, Old
French aiguier, from Latin aquarius, a derivative of
aqua ‘water’). There has been considerable confusion with
Ure.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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