Family name origins & meanings
- Asturian-Leonese and Spanish : plural form of Spanish and Asturian-Leonese Nava (see also Naves).
- In some cases possibly Catalan (Navàs) : variant spelling of Navars, habitational name from a place so called in Barcelona province, from a regional name denoting someone from Navarre (see Navarra)
- In some cases possibly French : variant (old form) of Naves.