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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.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of naves Families in the US in 1920
Number of naves families
 4-6
 2-3		 1
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Threads: 13 - Messages: 17
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naves, turner twstracener 0
Mrs. Anna S. Naves of Noble, Oklahoma admitted to Asylum at Lincoln, Nebraska maryachtrh 0
naves gary rowland 0
looking for descendants of James albert naves and Rebecca Scott Susan_Pelchat 1
Searching for ancestors of John W. Nave(s) Charles Nave 0
Bill NAVES, born about 1890 NMatheny 0
Naves from Canada/USA Jeff Legere 0
NAVE(S) of Missouri Joyce Willhoit 1
George Naves SC / GA jlarryc 2
naves Abilon Naves de Campos Silva 0
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