Family name origins & meanings
- Portuguese : habitational name from a place named Naves, examples of which are found in Guarda and Castelo Branco.
- Asturian-Leonese and Galician : habitational name from any of the towns called Naves in Asturies and Galicia.
- French : habitational name from a place named Naves, notably in Allier and Corrèze, from the pre-Celtic word nava ‘plain’. Compare Nava.