as a Last Name
- 494
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Overy
Meaning & Origins
English (mainly southeastern): habitational name from a place named with the Old English phrase ofer īe ‘over, across the river’, as for example Overy in Oxfordshire. In some cases the name may be topographic, with the same meaning, or with Old English ēg ‘dry ground in a marsh’, ‘well-watered land’ as the second element.
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 494
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wyoming
- has the most people named Overy per capita
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