Nave Family History
Nave Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a servant from Middle English knave ‘lad servant’ Old English cnafa. German (also Näve): variant of Neff (see Neve ). In some cases possibly Portuguese: topographic name from nave ‘plain’ (a variant of nava) or a habitational name from a place called with this word. Compare Nava .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022