Riviere Family History
Riviere Name Meaning
French (Rivière): topographic name for someone who lived by the bank of a river or shore of a lake from Old French riviere ‘river shore’ (originally meaning ‘riverbank’ from Latin riparia); or a habitational name from any of various places called (La) Rivière for example in Indre-et-Loire and Pas-de-Calais. Compare Lariviere 1 and
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022