About the Rivière surname
The surname Rivière has an onomastic interpretation that still needs to be placed in the history of each family line. The form of Rivière is compatible with French surname tradition. It may derive from an old given name, a place, a nickname, an occupation, or a regional variant; the historical form of the family line is needed to distinguish between these possibilities. The general meaning of the surname should be distinguished from the history of each family that bears it. Rivière contains one or more diacritics in its canonical spelling. Historical or normalized indexes may omit them, which is useful to keep in mind during genealogical research. In the normalization used for some LAFRANCE searches, the surname is also matched through the form “riviere”; this search variant can be useful when accents, spaces, or punctuation differ.
Pronunciation:
Riv-jèr/ʁivjɛʁ/