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Origin and popularity of the name BOUVIER

Origin

Bouvier : French: occupational name for a herdsman Old French bouvier (from Late Latin bovarius a derivative of bos genitive bovis ‘ox’). Compare Bouvia and Bovia.

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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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Geographic distribution of the 526,460 individuals with the name BOUVIER on Geneanet.

 

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