Seaver

English

Alternative forms

• Seavers

Etymology

From the medieval personal name Sefare, a continuation of an unattested Old English female name composed of the elements sǣ (“sea”) + faru (“journey”).

Proper noun

Seaver (plural Seavers)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Seaver is the 9603^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3384 individuals. Seaver is most common among White (94.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Seaver”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• reaves, averse, as ever, arvees, Severa, Varese, re-save, Reaves, resave