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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metronymic from Khavele, a pet form of the Yiddish female personal name Khave (Hebrew Chava, English Eve).
  • Irish (County Donegal) : Anglicized form of an unidentified Gaelic name.

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