Sever Family History
Sever Name Meaning
Slovenian and Croatian: topographic name from sever ‘north’ denoting someone who lived in the northern part of a village or estate. Compare Sewer Croatian: from the personal name Sever a short form of Severin . Flemish and Dutch: variant of Sievert . English: from the Middle English female personal name Sefare (Old English Sǣfaru from sǣ ‘sea’ + faru ‘journey’ ‘family’). English: perhaps sometimes a variant of Sivyer from Middle English siv(i)er ‘sieve-maker’. Compare in structure Sawer as a variant of Sawyer .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022