Given name & surname · also Middle English

Danvers

“from Antwerp”

Danvers is a masculine given name from Middle English, ultimately from Old French.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Danvers goes back to Old French d'Anvers, meaning “from Antwerp.”

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Where it comes from

Danvers comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old French.

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How it developed

From Old French d'Anvers (“from Antwerp”).

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The story

As a given name, Danvers was taken from the surname.

Danvers’s family of names

In English usage, Danvers as a surname has a related form in d'Anvers.

Walk Danvers’s family in the name graph

Danversd'Anvers

The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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People named Danvers

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