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Scriven

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3458). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Two possible origins for the surname: * English occupational surname for a scribe copyist or clerk, from Middle English scrivein (“scribe”), itself from Old French escrivain. * English habitational surname from the village in North Yorkshire, which is named with Old English scræfen (“hollow place with caves or pits”).

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