Origin and popularity of the name FAURE
Origin
Faure : French:: 1: (also Fauré): occupational name for a blacksmith or ironworker from a regional form of Old French fevre (see Lefevre). Compare Ford Fore and Foree.2: possibly also a habitational name from Le Faure and La Faure the name of several places in the southern part of France.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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