Chaillet History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

Directly translated, the French word "caille" means "quail". Sources believe that Caille was originally a nickname given to a delicate person. 1

Early Origins of the Chaillet family

The surname Chaillet was first found in Maine, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Le Mans and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles, and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Chaillet family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chaillet research. Another 96 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1501, 1526, 1590, 1630, 1664, 1673 and 1713 are included under the topic Early Chaillet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Chaillet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cail, Calhau, Cailloux, Caillouet, Caillavet, Caillette, Cailler, Caillé, Caillot, Caillat, Caillaud, Caillaux, Cailleaux, Caillard, Caille, Lacaille, Caila, Cailhaut, Cailhol, Cailhou, Caillan, Caillarville, Caillebot, Caillères, Cailleteau, Cailleu, Caillo, Caillez and many more.

Early Notables of the Chaillet family

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Chaillet Ranking

In France, the name Chaillet is the 4,957^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 2

Chaillet migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Chaillet Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mr. Chaillet, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1805 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Chaillet (post 1700) +

Pierre François Xavier Chaillet de Verges, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4
Major-General Claude-Philippe-Armand Chaillet (1893-1955), French General Officer Commanding Artillery, 1st Army 5

Citations +

Dauzat, Albert, Morlet, Marie-Thérèse, Dictionaire Étymologique des Noms et Prénoms de France. Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1987. Print.
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Pierre Chaillet. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 3) Claude-Philippe-Armand Chaillet. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Chaillet/Claude-Philippe-Armand/France.html