Origin and popularity of the name FAVRE
Origin
Favre : French: occupational name for a blacksmith or ironworker from a regional form of Old French fevre (see Lefevre). Compare Farve and Faver.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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