Given name & surname

Favre

Favre is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.

Original FrenchFavreau

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Favre comes from French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From French Favre.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Favre’s family of names

In French usage, Favre as a surname has a diminutive in FAVREAU. In French usage, Favre has a later derivative in FAVORS. In English usage, Favre as a surname has a related form in Faber.

Walk Favre’s family in the name graph

FavreFaberFabreFaverFavreauFavors

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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