River Chew of its distance, forming part of the Monarch's Way. The name "Chew" has Celtic origins, cognate with the River Chwefru, "cliwyf-ffrenwy", "the moving, gushing water"; ancient forms are "Estoca" (Chew Stoke), "Chiu" (Chew Magna), and "Ciwetune" (Chewton Mendip). Its exact meaning admits of several possible explanations, including "winding water", the "ew" being a variant of the French "eau", "water". The word "chewer" is western dialect for "narrow passage" and "chare" is Old English for "turning." Another theory is that the name derives from the Welsh "cyw", "the young of an animal, or chicken", such that "Afon Cyw" would have meant
Chew (surname) 2000 Census who identified as Asian. Notable people with the surname include: Chew (surname) The surname Chew is a Chinese, English or Korean name. As an English surname, Chew has three separate origins: As a Chinese surname, Chew is a spelling of the pronunciation in different varieties of Chinese of a number of distinct surnames including the below ones, listed by their pronunciation in Mandarin Chinese: As a Korean surname, Chew might be an alternative spelling of the surnames spelled Ju () or Chu () in the Revised Romanization of Korean. According to statistics cited by Patrick Hanks, there were