Last name meaning???

Question

Ok, my boyfriend's last name is FLEVARIS.

We're pretty sure it's Greek, but we can't find the meaning, history, origin and all that. We've looked at lots of websites, but maybe we're missing one??

If anyone can find it and some facts about the last name Flevaris, it would be awesome!!

Thanks!

(Also, if anyone wants to find "Sommerville" meaning, origin, and history, that'd be cool too.)

Answer 1

Flevaris is Greek, but perhaps you can find more about the name by going to Kythera-family.net and posting a question on the message boards. You will have to register to post, but it is a free site.

Answer 2

Flevaris in Greek is another name for the month February. It is related to Fleva == vein and is said to have been chosen as an alternative to its latin name because it uses similar letters and during the time of that month in Greece it's still winter and the rivers (="veins") of Earth are either frozen or with lots of water (ice melting etc).

Here's a link to get you started (I haven't used it actually):

http://www.genealogytoday.com/surname/fi...

Answer 3

Sommerville is a spelling variant of Somerville, a Scottish surname of Norman origin. made with the Germanic personal name Sigimar (or Siemer), which basically means "famous victory," and the word ville, French for "settlement."

As for Flevaris, I've no clue. I'm thinking, maybe it's somehow related to Flavius, which is a Latin surname for "yellow hair." Flevaris is definitely Greek, and I'm betting it has a similar meaning as Flavius.

Answer 4

Surname: Sommerville

This is a famous Anglo-Scottish surname, although one of early French origins. Recorded as de Somerville, Somerville, Somervile, Sommerville and possibly others, and having some eleven entries in the Dictionary of National Biography, and no less than twelve coats of arms, it is locational from the place called Semerville near Caen, in Normandy. The surname is first recorded in England in surviving registers in the 12th century; however it is believed that earlier name bearers came with the army of William, Duke of Normandy, on his successful conquest in 1066. In his work "Patronymica Britannica", the Victorian etymologist M.A. Lower records that Walter de Somerville was created lord of Wicknor in Staffordshire, and later of Aston Somerville in Gloucestershire. The first recorded namebearer in Scotland was William de Somerville. He was a knight retainer of David, Earl of Huntingdon, who also held extensive estates in Scotland, and and appears in charters in that country during the reign of King David 1st of Scotland (1124 - 1153). This king granted him lands in Lanarkshire. Notable bearers of the name include: Hugh Somerville, fifth Baron Somerville (1483 - 1549), who joined James V at Stirling and was granted a pension by Henry V111; and Sir William Meredyth Somerville (1803 - 1873) . He was also Baron Athlumney in the peerage of Ireland, and Baron Meredyth in the peerage of the United Kingdom. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Adam de Somervila. This was dated 1153, in the "Knight Templars register of Oxfordshire", during the reign of King Stephen of England, 1135 - 1154. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

http://www.surnamedb.com/

I have searched everywhere for information re: Flevaris, I couldn't find anything though, sorry.