Updated June 9, 2019 Find Baby Names How Popular Is The Name Iverson Family name origins & meanings English and Scottish : patronymic from the Old Norse personal name Ívarr, a compound of either ív ‘yew tree’, ‘bow’ or Ing (the name of a god) + ar ‘warrior’ or ‘spear’.Swedish equivalent of Iversen 1.Respelling of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Iversen. Famous people with this last name Allen Iverson