The lower Surname
lower Name Meaning and History
- English (of Norman origin): occupational name denoting a servant who carried the ewer to guests at table so that they could wash their hands, Anglo-Norman French and Middle English ewerer (related to ewere ‘jug’), with the French definite article l’.
- Cornish: variant of Flower 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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