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Chaves

in Tennessee

There are 21 people with the last name "Chaves" in Tennessee.

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Chaves 15,335
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  1. is 15,331st most common Caves
  2. is 15,332nd most common Ceballos
  3. is 15,333rd most common Cedillo
  4. is 15,334th most common Chatterjee
  5. is 15,335th most common Chaves
  6. is 15,336th most common Chestnutt
  7. is 15,337th most common Chhim
  8. is 15,338th most common Christians
  9. is 15,339th most common Christison

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Chaves

Galo, Adriana, Anthony, Benigno, Benito, Beverly, Cody, Erica, Jean

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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