Given name & surname · also Middle English
Scriven
“scribe”
Scriven is a surname from Middle English (ultimately Old English).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Scriven goes back to Middle English scrivein, meaning “scribe.”
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Where it comes from
Scriven comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English scrivein (“scribe”), from Old French escrivain, from Old English scræfen (“hollow place with caves or pits”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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