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Chaves

in Alabama

There are 19 people with the last name "Chaves" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Chaves 12,442
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  1. is 12,438th most common Cavitt
  2. is 12,439th most common Cavnar
  3. is 12,440th most common Caywood
  4. is 12,441st most common Chaffee
  5. is 12,442nd most common Chaves
  6. is 12,443rd most common Chinnis
  7. is 12,444th most common Chivers
  8. is 12,445th most common Chrishon
  9. is 12,446th most common Clouser

Similar Names and Nicknames

Chavez, Chavis, Chavarria, Chavira, Chavers, Chavarin, Chavous, Chaviano, Chevez, Chavera

Most Common First Names for Chaves

Ana, Carlos, Charles, Claudio, Clementina, Cliotilde, Dana, Debora, Esmeralda

Meaning & History

Portuguese: habitational name from a place in the province of Trasos-Montes named Chaves, from Latin (aquis) Flaviis, ‘(at the) waters of Flavius’. The place was the site of sulfurous springs with supposedly health-giving properties, around which a settlement was founded in the 1st century AD by the Emperor Vespasian.

Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of numerous places called Chaves, generally from the plural of chave ‘key’, from Latin clavis.

Variant of Irish and English Chivers. Compare Chavers.

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