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Casabuena Spanish (Modern, Rare)Means "Happy House" or "House of Happiness" in Spanish, with the Spanish word "Casa", which means "House" and Buena, meaning "Happy" or "Happiness".
Casagrande ItalianHabitational name for someone from any of the various locations called Casagrande or Casa Grande, derived from Italian
casa meaning "house" and
grande meaning "big, large".
Casamassima ItalianHabitational name for someone from the town in Apulia, Italy, derived from Italian
casa meaning "house" and the given name
Massimo.
Casamitjana CatalanIt indicates familial origin within either of 3 farmhouses: the one in Castellnou de Bages, the one in l'Esquirol, or the one in Moià.
Casamonica Italian (Rare)Derived from Italian
casa meaning "house" with the suffix
-monica which is taken from the name of Saint
Monica. Casamonica is a relatively rare surname associated with a notorious Italian clan involved in organized crime and criminal activities... [
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Casapiccola ItalianHabitational name for someone from any of the various locations called Casapiccola or Casa Piccola, derived from Italian
casa meaning "house" and
piccola meaning "small".
Casaulta RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and
aulta, the feminine form of the adjective
ault, "high".
Casavantes French, Spanish, BasqueTopographic name composed of
casa "house" +
avant "ahead of forward" + the suffix
-es, denoting one who lived in the house located at the beginning of a village. This surname has died out in France.
Casbolt EnglishFrom the Medieval English word
casbalde meaning "bald head".
Cascalho Portuguese (?)What I know about this surname is that it came from Alentejo, a region in Portugal countryside. The eldest Cascalho I know lived in Évora (city in this province) so I assume the name born there...
Casebolt EnglishFrom the Medieval English word
casbalde meaning "bald head".
Caseli RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Seli, a short form of
Basilius.
Casella ItalianFrom casa "house" (Latin casa "hut, cottage, cabin"), perhaps originally denoting the occupier of the most distinguished house in a village. Italian chef Cesare Casella (1960 - ) is one such bearer of this name.
Casement ManxAnglicized and reduced form of Manx Gaelic
Mac Asmuint meaning "son of
Ásmundr". A notable bearer was Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916), an Irish-born British consular official and rebel.
Cases CatalanCatalan family name. Plural of 'casa' meaning 'house', possibly given to people who were given or built a manor or town house or had a slightly better than normal dwelling for their location/village etc..... [
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Casielles AsturianFrom the town of Casielles, Asturias, Spain. From "casa" (house) and the suffix -ielles, a diminituve suffix, so this surname could mean "little houses".
Casillas SpanishFrom any of various places called Casillas or Las Casillas, from the plural of casilla, a diminutive of Casa. ... [
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Casley EnglishDerived from Old English
C(e)atta, a personal name meaning "cat" and
leah "woodland, clearing"."
Caso Italian, SpanishPossibly derived from a short form of the given name
Benincasa, or perhaps from Latin
caseum "cheese" as an occupational name for a cheesemaker or shepherd... [
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Cassar MalteseOf debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from the Italian given name
Cesare (via the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) and a Maltese adoption of the Sicilian surname
Cassarà... [
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Cassata ItalianDerived from the Italian word
cassata, denoting a sweet cake made with cheese and candied fruit.
Cassatt FrenchOrigin uncertain. This is not known as a surname in Britain. It may be an Americanized form of a French name such as
Casault.
Cassel English, French, GermanA surname derived from the Latin military term
castellum "watchtower, fort". A variant spelling of the word castle. Denoted someone hailing from the commune of Cassel in the Nord départment in northern France or the city of Kassel (spelled Cassel until 1928) in Germany... [
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Casselberry German (Anglicized)Americanized form of German
Kesselberg, which may derive from various places called
Kesselberg or
Kesselburg in the states of Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria in Germany.
Cassell EnglishEither (i) "person from Cassel", northern France, or "person from Kassel", Germany ("fort"); or (ii) a different form of
Castle ("person who lives by or lives or works in a castle")... [
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Cassese ItalianFrom Arabic
قِسِّيس (
qissis) "priest", perhaps a nickname for someone who worked for or was related to a priest, or perhaps someone who was notably pious.
Cassey Scottish, IrishThis surname originated around ancient Scotland and Ireland. In its Gaelic form it is called, 'O Cathasaigh', which means 'the watchful one'.... [
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Castagno ItalianFor someone who lived near a chestnut tree from
castagno "chestnut" (from latin
castanea). Variant of
Castagna and Italian cognitive of
Chastain.
Castanha PortugueseFrom Portuguese meaning "chestnut". Could be a nickname for someone having chestnut hair.
Castañón SpanishPossibly derived from Spanish
castaño, meaning "chestnut tree". Alternatively, it may be derived from
castañón, which is the Spanish word for the kippernut plant (species Conopodium majus).
Castellan ItalianThis name is of Latin origin. It comes from "castellanus" meaning 'castellan, steward of a castle'.
Castellanos SpanishHabitational name from any of various places called Castellanos, derived from Spanish
castellano meaning "Castilian".
Castiglione ItalianHabitational name for someone from any of various places called Castiglione, derived from Italian
castiglione meaning "castle, fortress".
Caston EnglishA habitational name from a place named Caston, which is from the unattested Old English personal name
Catt or the Old Norse personal name
Káti + Old English
tūn meaning ‘farmstead, settlement’.
Castrejon SpanishHabitational Name From Any Of Various Places Called Castrejón Especially In Valladolid Province Or A Topographic Name From A Diminutive Of Castro ‘Castle’ From Latin Castrum ‘Fort Roman Walled City’.
Castrogiovanni ItalianHabitational name from
Castrogiovanni, the name until 1927 of Enna in central Sicily.
Casura RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and
sura "above; upper".
Caswell EnglishHabitational name from places in Dorset, Northamptonshire, and Somerset named Caswell, from Old English cærse '(water)cress' + well(a) 'spring', 'stream'.
Catapano ItalianMeans "catapan, governor of a catepanate", ultimately from Byzantine Greek
κατεπάνω (
katepánō) "(the one) placed at the top, or the topmost".
Catchpole EnglishOccupational name for a bailiff or a tax collector, from Anglo-Norman
chacer "to catch, to hunt" and
pol "fowl" (ultimately derived from Latin
pullus).
Cates EnglishEnglish patronymic from the Old Norse byname
Káti (from
káti ‘boy’).
Catesby EnglishDerived from a civil parish with the same name, located in Northamptonshire, England. An infamous bearer was Robert Catesby (1572-1605), the leader of a group of English Catholics who attempted to assassinate King James VI and I in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Cathomas RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Thomas.
Cathomen RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Thoman.
Caton EnglishFrom the name of a village in Lancashire, England, possibly derived from the Old Norse given name
Káti combined with Old English
tun "town, yard, enclosure".
Cats Dutch, JewishHabitational name for a person from the village of
Kats in Zeeland, Holland, or a nickname for someone who in some way resembled a cat, derived from Middle Dutch
catte literally meaning "cat"... [
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Catschegn RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and a short form of the given name
Vincentius.
Catt EnglishNickname from the animal, Middle English
catte "cat". The word is found in similar forms in most European languages from very early times (e.g. Gaelic
cath, Slavic
kotu). Domestic cats were unknown in Europe in classical times, when weasels fulfilled many of their functions, for example in hunting rodents... [
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Cattano Sicilian (Rare)Meaning "captain," this name began as a nickname in the Medieval Ages, probably for someone who actually was a ship's captain, or perhaps for someone who acted in some way like a captain.
Cattermole EnglishFound mainly in Norfolk and Suffolk. Meaning uncertain; possibly from an east Anglian term meaning “dweller at the dyke”, or from Old French
quatre moles “four mills”.
Cattley EnglishMeans "person from Catley", Herefordshire and Lincolnshire ("glade frequented by cats"). It was borne by the British botanical patron William Cattley (1788-1835).
Catton EnglishHabitational name derived from any of several places in England, probably derived from the Old English given name
Catta "cat" and
tun "town, yard, enclosure"... [
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Cattrall EnglishThis surname is of Old Scandinavian origin, is an English locational name from Catterall, near Garstang in Lancashire, which appeared as "Catrehala" in the Domesday Book of 1086, and "Caterhale" in the Book of Fees of 1212... [
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Cauchon French, Norman, PicardMetonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of slippers, derived from French
chausson literally meaning "slipper".
Causapin TagalogFrom Tagalog
kausapin meaning "to talk to, to converse with".
Cava Italian, Catalan, Spanish, PortugueseFrom
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.
Cavadenti ItalianFrom Italian
cava ("to extract, to pull out") and
denti ("teeth"), an occupational name for a dentist.
Cavagnaro ItalianMeans "basket-weaver" or perhaps "basket-carrier", derived from Italian
cavagna "basket" and the agentive suffix
-aro.
Cavalera ItalianA bearer of this name is Brazilian metal musician Max Cavalera, whose father was Italian.
Cavaliere ItalianFrom a nickname derived from Italian
cavaliere meaning "knight".
Cavallini ItalianThe surname comes from the words "cavallaro," which means a horse dealer; or from "cavalieri," meaning a horseman, rider or knight.
Cave Norman, French, EnglishA name of various possible origins. As a Norman French name Cave can mean "bald" from
cauf or it can mean "worker in a wine cellar" or "one who dwelt in or near a cave". As an English name Cave refers to a Yorkshire river whose fast current inspired the name meaning "swift".
Cavegn RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Vivengius, itself a variant of
Viventius.
Cavell EnglishNickname for a bald man, from a diminutive of Anglo-Norman French
cauf.
Cavelti RomanshThe first element is derived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family". The second element is of debated origin and meaning; theories include an adoption of Swiss German
Welti.
Cavendish EnglishHabitational name for a person from the village of Cavendish in Suffolk, from Old English personal name
Cāfna and
edisc "pasture".
Caverly EnglishEnglish surname, a variant of the English surname Calverley, itself derived from the Old English
calf "calf" and
leag "field, clearing".
Caviezel RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Viezel, a Romansh form of
Wetzel.
Cavigelli RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Vigelli (see
Vigeli).
Cavill EnglishDerived from
Cavil, a place located in the East Riding of Yorkshire in northern England, named from Old English
ca meaning "jackdaw" and
feld meaning "open country". It is borne by the British actor Henry Cavill (1983-).
Çavuşoğlu TurkishMeans "son of the sergeant" or "son of the messenger", from Turkish
çavuş meaning "sergeant, messenger, herald, pursuivant" combined with the patronymic suffix -
oğlu.
Cawood EnglishTraditional English habitational surname meaning "jackdaw wood" from the Old English
ca referring to 'jackdaw' (a member of the crow family), and
wudu 'wood'.