Names

From a diminutive of chèvre meaning “goat”, indicating a person who cultivated goats.

From a nickname derived from French chevalier meaning “knight”, from Late Latin caballarius “horseman”, Latin caballus “horse”.

Cantonese romanization of Zhang.

From the name of a city in England, derived from Latin castrum “camp, fortress”.

Originally indicated a person from the county of Cheshire in England. Cheshire is named for its city Chester.

From Chinese 陈 (chén) meaning “exhibit, display, old, ancient” and also referring to the former state of Chen, which existed in what is now Henan province from the 11th to 5th centuries BC.

Russian form of Chayka. A famous bearer was the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Chaykovsky (1840-1893), with the surname commonly Romanized as Tchaikovsky.

Means “seagull” in Ukrainian.

Variant of Chaves. A famous bearer was the labour leader César Chávez (1927-1993).

From the name of a Portuguese city, derived from the Roman name Flavius (being named for the emperor Vespasian, whose family name was Flavius).