Rivét
surname · Latin script
Rivét is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca.
- FRFrance≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 35K
- USUnited States1 in 171K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 248 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Mauritius, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Rivet in FR France, US United States, CA Canada and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Old Frenchrivet13th century(measured from records)
- Old Frenchrive“rim“rim, edge”(measured from records)
- Latinripa“riverbank”(measured from records)
From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian. The sense "kind of footman's armour" is apparently a back-formation from almain rivet, which is apparently derived from the English noun; see that entry for more.
Sources 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rivét counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #861 | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 761 | Rivet | 248 |
| CN China | — | ≈5,000 est. | ≈1 in 277K | — | Rivet | 5 |
| US United States | — | 1,949 | 1 in 171K | 1.9K | Rivet | 141 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 35K | 1 | Rivet | 100 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 76K | — | Rivet | 5 |
| MU Mauritius | #531 | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | — | Rivet | 7 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈67 est. | ≈1 in 93K | — | Rivet | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Rivét mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- In which country does Rivét have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.7 thousand people named Rivét in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rivet.
- How common is the name Rivét?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,949 people named Rivét in 2010, about 1 in 171 thousand residents.
- How common is Rivét compared with other names?
- In France, Rivét is the 861st most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
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These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rivét” — the 861st most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.