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Chaves

in New Jersey

There are 222 people with the last name "Chaves" in New Jersey.

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Chaves 3,592
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  1. is 3,588th most common Schumann
  2. is 3,589th most common Sikorski
  3. is 3,590th most common Whitlock
  4. is 3,591st most common Brett
  5. is 3,592nd most common Chaves
  6. is 3,593rd most common Cisneros
  7. is 3,594th most common Couch
  8. is 3,595th most common France
  9. is 3,596th most common Gillis

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Chaves

Maria, Jose, Carlos, Jason, Luis, Andrew, Cleia, Douglas, Gregory, Guido

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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