Gyver is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gyver
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Family name Gyver is a variation of the Evors. Probably the same as Mac Ivor, though Ferguson derives them from the Anglo-Saxon efor or efyr, a boar.

Gyver is variant of MacIver. The son of Ivar or Iver meaning "archer".

The lastname is the variant form of Eure. See Ure - 1. A Yorkshire river. 2. Eur occurs as a personal name in Domesday; and an early Scandinavian gave his name to Ureby, or Ewerby, in Lincolnshire. 3. The baronial family of Eure took their name, in the XIII century, from the lordship of Eure or Evre, in Buckinghamshire.

A gentleman of this name having deserted a lady to whom he had been affianced, Douglas Jerrold remarked, that he could not have thought that Ure would have proved a base un.

How popular is Gyver?

Gyver is ranked 1805607 on our list.

Gyver is a very rare family name, few people in Indonesia and Tunisia have the last name. Around 104 people have been found who wears Gyver as their family name. Gyver is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
122,869 Indonesia68
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
349,096 France6

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