as a Last Name
- 5,884
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Chevalier
Meaning & Origins
French: from Old French chevalier ‘knight’ (literally ‘horseman’, ‘rider’, from Late Latin caballarius, a derivative of caballus ‘horse’). In the Middle Ages only men of comparative wealth were able to afford the upkeep of a riding horse. It is likely that in the majority of cases the surname was originally a nickname, or an occupational name for a knight's servant, rather than a status name, for most men of the knightly class belonged to noble families which had more specific surnames derived from their estates.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,884
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Chevalier per capita
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