Cava Family History
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Cava Name Meaning
Italian, Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese: from cava ‘cave’, ‘cellar’ (from Latin cavea), hence a metonymic occupational name for someone employed in the wine cellars of a great house, a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a cave, or a habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Cave, Casa, Nava, Fava, Cova, Cala, Sava, Carda, Canal, Kava