The Cavaliere Family Name

Ancestors listed as Cavaliere are often found as Cavalieri a generation earlier. Taken at its root, Cavaliere points to “Horsemen, knights”.

• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• In the 2010 US Census, 2,875 Americans gave Cavaliere as their last name (rank 11,057). INSEE counts 577 people born in France with the Cavaliere surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1961–1970.
• The change of ending between Cavalieri and Cavaliere reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Cavalieri and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Cavaliere family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.