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Surname Etymology and Meaning of CHALLIS

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A cup or bowl; taken perhaps from the sign of a house or shop.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Eschalle in Pas-de-Calais, France, which is named from Old French eschelle ‘ladder’ (Latin scala).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)