Redvers

English surname

"from Reviers; place of rivers"

Redvers Origin and Meaning

The name Redvers is a boy's name meaning "from Reviers; place of rivers".

A popular name during the Victorian period, given in honor of Sir Redvers Buller, a British Army general awarded the Victoria Cross for his services during the Boer War. The name comes from a Norman surname, de Reviers, describing someone who lived in the town of Reviers. The town name may mean "place of rivers".