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naves Name Meaning and History

  1. Portuguese: habitational name from a place named Naves, examples of which are found in Guarda and Castelo Branco.
  2. Asturian-Leonese and Galician: habitational name from any of the towns called Naves in Asturies and Galicia.
  3. French: habitational name from a place named Naves, notably in Allier and Corrèze, from the pre-Celtic word nava ‘plain’. Compare Nava.

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Distribution of naves Families in the US in 1920
Number of naves families
 4-6
 2-3
 1
 0
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