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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Slovenian and Croatian : topographic name from sever ‘north’, denoting someone who lived in the northern part of a village or estate.
  • Croatian : from the personal name Sever, a pet form of Severin.
  • Dutch : variant of Sievert.

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