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Subject: There is a...
Author: Merriment MaccoPolo   (guest, 193.61.213.130)
Date: April 7, 2003 at 11:10:52 AM
Reply to: origin and meaning of name by Elvettp
surname Elvet(t), which according to Reaney and Wilson derives either from the place Elvet Hall, or from an Old English word for a swan, ylfete. Perhaps the name has family connections for you which further genealogical research might turn up?

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