Släkthistoria för Guiver
Guiver Vad efternamn betyder
perhaps a variant of Gifford (see Giffard) with voicing of /f/ to /v/ and weakening of the final syllable to -er as apparently seen in Sara Gyfforde 1576 Thomas Guyver 1611 Mary Giver 1622 in IGI (Ware Herts). For the Gui- spelling compare Robt. Gifford 1704 John Guiford 1738 in IGI (Hadleigh Suffolk); Marye Guifforde 1567 William Guifford 1633 Beniamin Gifford 1659 in IGI (Warminster Wilts).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
