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Iver Surname Origin
(Origin Gaelic and Welsh) A chief or leader. Iver, Danish, zeal, fervor; ivre, to speak or act with zeal. Gaelic, Ian Vhor, a hero; Welsh, eon, brave, and mawr, great.
Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.
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'People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.' --Edmund Burke