Hever

See also: hever

English

Etymology

For the place in England: 'The settlement at the high ridge', from Old English Heanyfre, from hēah (“high”), in the oblique case hēan + *ȳfre (“ridge”), or perhaps the Kentish dialectal variant *ēfre (see ōfer for more). In reference to the site being located atop a hill overlooking the valley of the river Eden.

Proper noun

Hever

1. A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England, the location of Hever Castle (OS grid ref TQ4744).
2. A village in Flanders, Belgium.