Last name: DIVER
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DIVER : This last name is indexed 18,299 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
DIVER : 1: Irish (County Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibhidhir or sometimes of Mac Duibhidhir (see Dwyer also Dyer Dever and Devere).2: English: from Middle English diver attested only in the sense ‘rope dancer’ but probably also an occupational name for one who dives under water (for example to mend boats weirs or fishing nets or to collect oysters or other shellfish).
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