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An English surname originating as an occupation for a silversmith or a rich man, or for someone having silvery gray hair or living by a silvery brook. examples
A surname from German. examples
A unisex given name from English from the metal, or transferred from the surname. quotations examples
" - - - I'll level with you, Mr. Cummings.""Silver", he corrected."Sounds like the Lone Ranger's horse," she said.
1993, Ed McBain, Mischief, William Morrow and Co., page 67
"Silver here, my darling wife, insists on the services of a particular yacht upholsterer. - - - " From the way he said the woman's metal name Quayle thought it was changed from a stodgier "Alice" or "Bernice".
1993, Annie Proulx, Shipping News, Fourth Estate, page 121