Shriver is an occupational surname. The name derives from the Indo-European root word "shrive", which came to mean "to write", and which relates to multiple modern words, including in English scribe and scrivener and in German schreiben (to write). The surname Shriver may refer to:
Anthony Shriver (born 1965), American political activist
Bobby Shriver (born 1954), American politician
Brian Shriver (born 1987), American soccer player
Bruce Shriver (born 1940), American political scientist
Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921–2009), American disability rights activist
Garner E. Shriver (1912–1998), American politician
Lionel Shriver (born 1957), American writer
Loren Shriver (born 1944), American astronaut
Maria Shriver (born 1955), American journalist
Mark D. Shriver (born 1965), American geneticist
Mark Shriver (born 1964), American politician
Marley Shriver (born 1937), American swimmer
Pam Shriver (born 1962), American tennis player
Phillip Shriver (1922–2011), American historian
Sargent Shriver (1915–2011), American politician
Timothy Shriver (born 1959), American nonprofit leader
