This French surname indicates the originator was from the Kingdom of Navarre, which was in what is now modern day France and Spain, the SouthWest corner where France meets Spain on the coast. It existed from the 800s to the 1500s, the last section was fully made part of France in 1620, the South became part of Spain in 1513. Navarre may mean above the trees or treeless land. Or brownish. Which would refer to the brown land relative to the green trees North of Navarre.
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