The chain Surname
chain Name Meaning and History
French: from Old French chain, a device for catching birds,
possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a bird-catcher
or a hunter. In some cases it may be an American spelling of the
French topographic surname Chêne (see Chene).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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