Show ContentsChauvelot History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Chauvelot family

The surname Chauvelot was first found in Britanny (French: Bretagne). Cited in early times are Renaud Chauveau, who was named bishop of Châlons in 1351, and Audouin Chauveron, who held an important position in Paris in 1381.

The Chauvel family in Normandy maintained nobility in 1666 and the Chauvels of Martinière in Blésois (English: Blois) and Maine gave a treasurer from France to Bourges in 1642. The Nouëttes branch of the family gave Jérôme, a prosecutor of the bourgeois of Rennes who was ennobled in 1606, and two councilors to the Parliament of Brittany in 1672. 1

Early History of the Chauvelot family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chauvelot research. The years 1550, 1560, 1580, 1603, 1613, 1640, 1676, 1714, 1725, 1766, 1778, 1831, 1832, 1838, 1850, 1880, 1893 and 1939 are included under the topic Early Chauvelot History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Chauvelot Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Chauve, Chauveau, Chauvet, Choveau, Chovel, Chauvelin, Chauvelet, Chauvelon, Chauvelot, Chauvin, Chauvineau, Chovin, Chouvin, Chauvet, Chauvette, Chovet, Chouvet, Chauvard, Chauvaux, Chauvat, Chauvois, Chauvard, Chauvenet, Chauvillion, Chauvier, Chauveron, Chauvron and many more.

Early Notables of the Chauvelot family

Notable amongst this name at this time was

  • Urbain Chauveton, an evangelist in 1560; Antoine Chauveau was caretaker of the Abbey of S. Gervais, Paris in 1580; Francois Chauveau was a painter, drawer, and engraver in Paris in 1613; François Chau...

Migration of the Chauvelot family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 250 individuals of the lineage who arrived in Canada from France between 1600 and 1900. Among them were Charles Chauvin, who married in Montreal in 1663.


Contemporary Notables of the name Chauvelot (post 1700) +

  • Jean Chauvelot, French actor, known for Bloody Milk, Nexus VI (2014) and Fox-terrier (2017)
  • Robert Chauvelot, French writer, known for Vogue, mon coeur (1935)
  • Juliette Chauvelot, French actress, known for Je suis un ex (2014)
  • Dominique Chauvelot (b. 1952), French 100 meters runner at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics


  1. Hozier, Charles D, and Antoine Bachelin-Delforenne. État présent De La Noblesse française (1883-1887): Contenant Le Distionnaire De La Noblesse Contemporaine Et Larmorial général De France, Dapres Les Manuscrits De Ch. D Hozier. Librairie Des Bibliophiles, 1884. Print.


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