Livernois Family History
Livernois Name Meaning
French: habitational name for someone from Livry a village in Nièvre. It is concentrated in Haute-Loire and Loire south of Nièvre. However as a French Canadian surname this is reported to be an altered form of French Nivernois or Nivernais habitational names from the two variant names of a former province in France which forms the modern department of Nièvre. Nivernois and Nivernais are not found as a surname in France. Compare Lavarnway .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022