Origin and popularity of the name LEFEVRE

Origin

Lefevre : French and Walloon (Lefèvre): occupational name for a blacksmith or ironworker Old French fevre with fused masculine definite article le. One of the most common surnames in France from an early date coined before the French word for smith fèvre (from Latin faber ‘maker’) was replaced by forgeron. This surname was also brought to England (in the 16th century by Protestant Walloons and later reinforced by Huguenots from France). It is also established in the Flemish part of Belgium and in Haiti. See also Lefebvre compare Faver Lafaver Lafever Lefever and few">Leffew.

Faver : 1: Altered form of French Favre ‘blacksmith’ or of its cognate Lefèvre (see Lefevre). Compare Favor.2: English: probably in most cases an altered form of Feaver partly because between the 16th and the 18th centuries its pronunciation was sometimes identical with the word favour (see 4 below).3: English: occasionally perhaps also a nickname from Middle English (Old French) favo(u)r Middle English faver ‘help beauty grace benevolence’.4: In some cases possibly also Breton: occupational name for a grower of beans from an agent derivative of fav ‘broad bean’. This surname is very rare in Brittany.

Lafaver : Americanized form of French Lefèvre (see Lefevre).

Lafever : Americanized form of French Lefèvre (see Lefevre). Compare Lafevers.

Lefebvre : French and Walloon: variant of Lefèvre (see Lefevre). The -b- occurs in this form of the name by reason of hypercorrection influenced by the Latin word faber ‘craftsman’. Compare Bean Lafave Lafavor Lefave Lefeber and Lefebure.

Lefever : 1: Americanized form of French Lefèvre (see Lefevre). Compare Lafever and Lefevers.2: Flemish: of French origin (see Lefevre). Compare Defever.

Leffew : Americanized form of French Lefèvre (see Lefevre).

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