Släkthistoria för Chaves
Chaves Vad efternamn betyder
Portuguese: habitational name from a place in the province of Tras-os-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. Irish and English: variant of Chivers. Compare Chavers.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
