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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish and English (of Norman origin) : derivative of Anglo-Norman French chivere, chevre ‘goat’ (see Cheever).
  • This Norman name has been in southeast Leinster, Ireland, since the 12th century.

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