Seaver as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Seaver

What is the meaning of the name Seaver ?

The baby name Seaver is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈsiːvər/ (SEE-vər).

Seaver is English in Origin.

Seaver is an English surname-turned-given name, pronounced SEE-ver. It most often derives from the medieval personal name Sever(e), introduced by the Normans and rooted in Latin Severus “stern, steadfast.” Some lines may instead reflect an occupational surname for a sieve-maker, from Middle English sive (“sieve”), which produced spellings like Siever and Seiver. Recorded in England from the 13th century, the name later traveled to Ireland and North America, yielding notable bearers such as Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver.

As a first name, Seaver remains uncommon in the United States, used chiefly for boys but increasingly considered unisex in the modern surname-name trend. Variant spellings and cognates include Sever, Severs, Siever, Seiver, Sevier, and the related given names Severin and Severo; a clipped nickname Sev also appears. The prevailing meaning is “stern; resolute,” with an alternate occupational sense “sieve-maker.”