Family name origins & meanings
- Altered spelling Italian (Calabrian) Chiefo, which is probably from a nickname, perhaps with sinister connotations, from ceffo ‘muzzle’, ‘snout’, ‘bestial face’ (from French chef ‘head’, from Latin caput).
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