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Help[Surname] Silver?
I love this surname and am wondering what it means/ comes from/ any information on it? SILVER
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Silver is an occupational surname. A persons who works in the branch of goldsmithry.
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Silver may be an anglicization of "Silva" or "deSilva" which is Spanish/Portugese
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Well there is the obvious ...that it means the mineral ...but more likely it is from Latin, 'Sylvanus' meaning woods or woodland ...or something to that effect. We still find in in Pennsylvania, Transylvania
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