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rivers Name Meaning and History
- English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France called Rivières, from the plural form of Old French rivière ‘river’ (originally meaning ‘riverbank’, from Latin riparia). The absence of English forms without the final -s makes it unlikely that it is ever from the borrowed Middle English vocabulary word river, but the French and other Romance cognates do normally have this sense.
- Common Americanized form of French Larivière.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 389 - Messages: 1101
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Everett Guy Rivers Obituary 1894-1973 |
| 0 |
| Northwest Florida: Have five old Rivers photos in my possession...Can you identify? | Melinda | 9 |
| william halse rivers, rivers and knowles bank | the apprentice | 1 |
| Rivers of Massachusetts and Maine |
 AlisonB
| 7 |
| RIVERS Vivian L 1924-1991 |
t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| Henry Rivers NY to MI |
TBruso
| 7 |
| Earl Shipleys | Claytie Reed Shipley | 1 |
| Rivers Family in SC | Marie J. | 29 |
| RIVERS Saxon Robin 1991-1996 |
t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| RIVERS Raymond and Hazel |
t42RoseHill
| 0 |
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