Dutch and Belgian (van de Veer(e)): from Middle Dutch
vere ‘ferry’, topographic name for someone who lived by a
ferry, occupational name for a ferryman, or habitational name from any
of numerous places in the Netherlands and Flanders named with this
word.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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