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