Etymology and History of the Surname
View Name: CAVE.
CAVE
Derivation:
An English and northern French nickname for a bald man.
Cauf 'bald'.
Also habitational from a place in east Yorkshire named.The place name derives from a river name "afe" ,quick,motivated,agile.
History:
The name is of English or French origin with the first recorded to be that of 'Nigel De Cava',dated 1185.
Linked Surnames:
Cava,Chauf,Cauf,Chave,Kave.