Where does “Chavez” come from?

Chavez (Cebuano) comes from Spanish Chávez, from Spanish chaves, from Galician Chaves.

Ancestry of “Chavez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishChávez—
2Spanishchaveskeys
3GalicianChaves—
Every word from Galician Chaves →Every word from Spanish chaves →Every word from Spanish Chávez →
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