Chappelle is a surname of French origin, a variant of the word "chapelle" meaning "chapel". Notable people with the name include: Bill Chappelle, American baseball player. Charles W. Chappelle (1872-1941), African-American aviation pioneer.
The surname Chaucer is thought to have one of the following derivations: The name Chaucer frequently occurs in the early Letter Books and in French language of the time it meant "shoemaker", which meaning is also recorded in the "Glossary of Anglo-Norman and Early English Words".
