The revere Surname
revere Name Meaning and History
- French: variant of Rivière, Rivoire, or Rivier, topographic name for someone living on the banks of a river, French rivier ‘bank’, or habitational name from any of the many places in France named with this word.
- English: nickname from Middle English revere ‘reiver’, ‘robber’.
- English: topographic name for someone who lived on the brow of a hill, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter evere ‘at the brow or edge’ (from Old English yfer, efer ‘edge’) or a habitational name from a place named with this phrase, as for example River in West Sussex or Rivar in Wiltshire.
- Jewish (from Italy): habitational name from a place in Mantua named Revere.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 25 - Messages: 147
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Maurice Revere honored, Mobile, Alabama 1959 |
 charbmoore1
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| REVERE Genealogy |
ABeasley4201
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| Elizabeth Revere | Nancy Todd | 6 |
| Rocco Rivela Revere |
AuntJenny03
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| family ties | Ovide McKendall Sr | 0 |
| Revere line |
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| Paul Revere and family | M. Edib | 10 |
| I am related to Paul Revere | Chessica Hauge | 16 |
| REVERE's from Pancras/Marylebone, LON & Coventry, WAR |
moonraker001
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| Thomas Leander Revere Sr d 1943 Mobile AL |
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