FranceThe name Chabrol was derived from the Old French word "chevre," which derives in turn from the Latin "capra," which means "goat." As a surname, Chabrol was generally though to have been an occupational name for a goatherd.
The surname Chabrol was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France where the ancestors of the family dates back to the last years of the Holy Roman Empire.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chabrol research. Another 99 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1100, 1170, 1238, 1386, and 1489 are included under the topic Early Chabrol History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Chevrier, Chevriers, Chevrierre, Chevriere, Chevrierres, Chevrieres, Chefrier, Chefriers, Chefrierre, Chefriere, Chefrierres, Chefrieres, Cheveron, Chevrion, Cheverone, Chevrione, Chevrionn, Chevrionne, Cheveronn, Cheveronne, Cheverier, Cheveriers, Chevrior, Chevriors, Chevriorre and many more.
More information is included under the topic Early Chabrol Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In France, the name Chabrol is the 2,834th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. [1]
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Joseph Chevrier who married Madelaine Cholet in 1761 at Pte-Claire.
