title: Syvret
text: # Syvret
  
  Syvret (also "Syfret" or "Sivret") is a surname from Jersey. According to Rev George Reginald Balleine, it was either a French form of Seffrid, or of the Latin Severiacus. It possibly derived from an Old Scandinavian name "Sige-raed", meaning "victory-counsel".
  
  Notable people with this surname include:
  
  * Edward Neville Syfret (1889-1972), British admiral
  * Danny Syvret (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
  * Dave Syvret (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
  * Sheila Syvret, lawn bowler
  * Stuart Syvret, political activist from Jersey
  