Lyvers
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Frequency: (195)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Variant spelling of Dutch Lievers, a patronymic from a Germanic personal name formed with liub ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + heri, hari ‘army’.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
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