Eaves Family History
Eaves Name Meaning
English: topographic name or habitational name from Middle English atte evese (Old English efes ‘edge’) for someone who lived ‘at the edge’ (i.e. at the border or edge of a wood or hill) or at a place so named particularly Eaves in Chorley (Lancashire). Compare Reeves . variant of Eve with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022