Släkthistoria för Chate
Chate Vad efternamn betyder
perhaps a variant of Chatt. Note that Catt is strongly present in east Sussex. If so the original short vowel has been lengthened perhaps through the influence of Old French chate ‘she-cat’. This would be a nickname but Johannes Chete 1379 in Poll Tax (Steyning and Bramber boroughs Sussex) occurs in the same part of Sussex as Chate and Chate and Chete with lengthening of the vowel could both derive from a Middle English personal name *Chat(te) or *Chet(te) (Old English C(e)atta) an alternative source of Catt and Chatt. Although there is no direct evidence of Chate as a variant of Chatt in Sussex it does occur in NE England. See Chatt and compare John Chate 1674 Jane Chatt 1746 in IGI (Whickham Durham); Nicholas Chate 1792 John Chatt 1793 in IGI (Allendale Northumb).
Källa: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
