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Type Surname (from occupation & from location)

Meaning & History

From cava ‘cave’, ‘cellar’ (from Latin cavea), hence a metonymic occupational name for someone employed in the wine cellars of a great house, a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a cave, or a habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word.
Added 12/21/2015 by cutenose
Edited 2/10/2020 by Mike C and cutenose