The origins the old family name Caballé can be found within medieval
Spain. While the
patronymic and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the name of the father and mother respectively, are the most common form of a hereditary surname in
Spain,
occupational surnames also emerged during the late Middle Ages. Many people, such as the Caballé family, adopted the name of their
occupation as their surname. The surname Caballé was an occupational name for a knight or a knight's servant.
Early Origins of the Caballé family
The surname Caballé was first found in
Castile, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain.
Early History of the Caballé family
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Caballé Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Caballero, Caballeros, Caballer, Caballé, Caballe, Caballería, Caballeria, Caballo, Caballos, de Caballos, Cavallo, Cavallos, de Cavallos, Cavallón, Cavallon, de Cavallón, de Cavallon, Cavallero, Cavallería and many more.
Early Notables of the Caballé family (pre 1700)
Prominent among members of the family were eighteenth century Spanish politician Jerónimo Caballero, first Marquis of Caballero; eighteenth century Spanish military officer Juan Caballero; nineteenth century Cuban philosopher José de la Luz Caballero; nineteenth century Spanish military officer Antonio Caballero y Fernández de Rodas; nineteenth century Paraguayan politician...
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Migration of the Caballé family to the New World and Oceana
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Caballé Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Pedro Caballe, aged 40, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1849 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)
Contemporary Notables of the name Caballé (post 1700)
- Montserrat Caballé, Catalan opera singer