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Origin of Ver Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: In Danish- over = tall/high gaard = farm My great/great grandfather changed the family name from Christianson to Overgaard b/c their farmhouse was situated atop a hill. Surnames: Overgaard Submitted by: Erik Overgaard Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: Drover - one who drove sheep, cattle or other animals to market Surnames: Driver Submitted by: Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: A high green hill; from al, high, ver, green, and don or ton, a hill. Surnames: Alverston, Alverton Submitted by: Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: A corruption of Haverhill, the aspirate being dropped. Haverill is a town in Suffolk, England, so named from the Dutch Hyver, Teut., Haber, oats, and hill--the hill sown with oats. Surnames: Averill Submitted by: Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: From Aimhrea (the "mh" having the sound of "v"), denoting contention or disagreement. It may be from Avery, a granary, or from Aviarius, Latin, a bird-keeper. Surnames: Avery Submitted by: Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: My father told me years ago the Silveri means Woodsmen or Forester Surnames: Silveri Submitted by: Dawn Silveri Hoff Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: Verdon French origin Verdu/Verdun means green It is thought to be the nickname of someone who always dressed in green Surnames: Verdon Submitted by: glitz Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: Clavering English origin means place where clover grows Surnames: Calvering Submitted by: glitz Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: Cats Elbow Surnames: Oberacker/Overacker Submitted by: Joan Reichling Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: The meaning of Oliver from Family tree maker website "Elf Army" (Germanic) usually after Charlemagne's Peer Surnames: Oliver Submitted by: jane scea Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: THE HISTORY OF THE HAVERTY FAMILY HAVERTY; O'HAVERTY; O'HAVERTA "DESCENDANT OF ABHARTACH" ABARTACH: ABHARTACH (av-art-ach) m. This name was in use among the Ui-Iffernain (Heffernans) of Dal Cais amongst others. In the Finn-tales Abartach is the father of the beloved of the warrior Cael. The name gaves birth to the modern surname O' Haverty. This old Connacht name is now, and indeed always was rare. It is, however, fairly well represented in a smal area round the County Galway parishes of Kilmordaly and Craughwell. It is not often met with in the records. The Annals of Innisfallen mention O' hAbartaig, as Abbot of Mayo in 1095; William O'Haverta is included in a list of County Galway "pardons" in 1584; and one Dennis O' Haverta occurs in the Strafford Inquistion of Mayo in 1635. O' hAbhartaigh is the modern Irish form of the name. Surnames: Haverty, O'Haverty, O'Haverta Submitted by: William C Haverty Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: "by the riverbank" Surnames: Verbeek,Verbeke Submitted by: Diana Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: Reggio Calabria Surnames: Verano Submitted by: Rinaldi Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: ENGLSH:OCCUPATIONAL NAME FROM MIDDLE ENGLISH,FROM OLD ENGLISH;HERDSMAN Surnames: CALVERT Submitted by: KEEANN CALVERT Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: Sons of littel summer Surnames: McGovern Submitted by: Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: TERNENT - TRANENT= TERNENT IS THE SCOTTISH PRONOUNCIATION OF TRANENT A TOWN 10 MILES SOUTH OF EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. TRANENT IS THE ENGLISH PRONOUNCIATION. THESE TWO NAMES COME OUT OF THE NAME DE' TRAVERNENT. TAKE THE 'RAV OUT OF THIS NAME AND WE HAVE 'TERNENT' - TAKE THE 'VER' OUT OF THE NAME AND WE HAVE TRANENT. TRANENT IN EAST LOTHIAN WAS GIVEN TO THORN FILIUS SWANI DE'TRAVERNENT A FRENCH KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN 1127 IN A CHARTER BY KING DAVID l OF SCOTLAND WHO CAME TO THE THRONE IN 1124. Surnames: DE'TRAVERNENT/TRANENT/TERNENT Submitted by: CHEVALIER DENIS DE'TRAVERNENT Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: I have been told Weber originated from the weaver (a trade), and is typically of a German origin (Veaber), but not nessicarily. Surnames: Weber, Weaver, Webber Submitted by: A Origin of Ver, Meaning of Ver Origin: TAVERAS FROM Standard Hebrew: Təverya for Tiberias Surnames: TAVERAS Submitted by: rick herrera 11/25/2009 4:26 PM Page 2 of 2

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