English and French: occupational name for a clergyman, or
perhaps for the servant of one, from Middle English, Old French
chapelain ‘chantry priest’, a priest endowed to sing mass daily
on behalf of the souls of the dead (Late Latin capellanus).Ukrainian and Belorussian: patronymic from the nickname
Chaplya, from the dialect word chaplya ‘heron’, ‘stork’
(Russian tsaplya), referring to a man with long, thin legs or
perhaps one who was shy and easily frightened.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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