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Chaves

in Iowa

There are 8 people with the last name "Chaves" in Iowa.

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Chaves 33,352
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  1. is 33,348th most common Cham
  2. is 33,349th most common Chandavong
  3. is 33,350th most common Chandra
  4. is 33,351st most common Chavannes
  5. is 33,352nd most common Chaves
  6. is 33,353rd most common Check
  7. is 33,354th most common Chellew
  8. is 33,355th most common Chenchar
  9. is 33,356th most common Chervek

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Chaves

Hilda, David, Jose, Marcos, Nicole, Rolando, Virginia

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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