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This project was started in 2003 with very few participants.The history of the Diver surname according to some sources is that it is a variation of the Irish Dwyer surname.
The name Dwyer in Gaelic is Duibhir, or O' Duibhir.
This has two pronounciations:
Divir, or Deere depending on what part of Ireland you came from.
Anglicized form of Gael. Ó Du(i)bhuidhir ‘descendant of Du(i)bhuidhir’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh dark, black (cf. Duff) + odhar sallow, tawny.
The name Dwyer in Gaelic is Duibhir, or O' Duibhir.
This has two pronounciations:
Divir, or Deere depending on what part of Ireland you came from.
Anglicized form of Gael. Ó Du(i)bhuidhir ‘descendant of Du(i)bhuidhir’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh dark, black (cf. Duff) + odhar sallow, tawny.