Cave Family History
Cave Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in East Yorkshire called Cave apparently from a river name derived from Old English cāf ‘swift’. English (of Norman origin): nickname from Norman and Picard Old French cauf (from Latin calvus) ‘bald’. French: topographic name for someone who lived in or near a cave from Old French cave ‘cave’ ‘cellar’ (from Latin cavea a derivative of cavus ‘hollow’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022