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Chavez is a Spanish variant of Chaves which is a place name. The ancient city of Chaves was in Portugal but there are numerous other places with that name.
The first Chavez was therefore a man from Chaves.
The crest for the Chavez family is famously 5 keys in a sort of house-shaped picture. Chavez does come from Chaves which comes from the word llaves, WHICH in Spanish means keys. The original man named Chaves was a key or lock smith.
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