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There is no "v" in Saxon English, nor any Saxon name recorded anything like either Redvis or Redvers. the element -vis is a Norse or continental form, and aside from mythological names like Alviss, usually a feminine suffix meaning "manner" as in Cynewise, wife of king Penda. Redvers is apparently English folk-etymology of the Norman surname (de) Reviers, from a town in Normandy, not without some justification believed to mean "Rivers" (three rivers have their confluence in or near the town).

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