Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from location & from occupation) Usage French, English Other Forms FormsRivett Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 6/6/2016 by LMS Edited 6/6/2016 by LMS 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).