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Chaves

in Virginia

There are 92 people with the last name "Chaves" in Virginia.

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Chaves 7,046
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  1. is 7,042nd most common Brawley
  2. is 7,043rd most common Brenda
  3. is 7,044th most common Brody
  4. is 7,045th most common Brookshire
  5. is 7,046th most common Chaves
  6. is 7,047th most common Clendenin
  7. is 7,048th most common Cornick
  8. is 7,049th most common Delrosario
  9. is 7,050th most common Di

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Chaves

Juan, Abby, Arlene, Armand, Christian, Deborah, Gilberto, Jonathan, Jose, Laura

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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