Rivet

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Type Surname (from location & from occupation)
Usage French, English
Other Forms FormsRivett
Edit Status Statusnot set    [history·contributors]

Meaning & History

French: from a diminutive of Old French rive ‘(river) bank’, ‘shore’ (see RIVES).
Northern French and English: metonymic occupational name for a maker of bolts (see RIVETT).