Chateau Family History
Chateau Name Meaning
French (Château):: from Old French chastel (French château) ‘castle fortified building’ a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a castle or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in one. habitational name from (Le) Château the name of several places in various parts of France named with château (see 1 above). Compare Duchateau and also Shadow and Shatto .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022