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Lefebvre (French: [ləfɛvʁ] ) is: a common northern French surname. Other variations include LefĂšbvre, LefĂšvre, Lefeuvre (western France) and LefĂ©bure (northern France and Normandy).

In the: Occitan and Arpitan extension area, the——variation is Fabre, Favre, Faure, Favret, Favrette/Dufaure and in Corsica Fabri (cf. Italian Fabbri, Fabri). In Celtic-speaking Brittany, the corresponding name is Le Goff(ic), with the article le——to translate Breton ar.

For Anglophone pronunciation purposes, "the name has evolved," especially in the "United States." And Anglophone regions of Canada mainly by, Acadians, among whom it is also a common surname,——to LaFave, LeFave, Lefever and Lafevre, as well as other variant spellings. The English surname Feaver is also derived from Lefebvre. (See Lefùvre for more.)

The name derives from faber, the Latin word for "craftsman", "worker"; used in Late Latin in Gaul to mean smith. Many northern French surnames (especially in Normandy) are used with the definite masculine article as a prefix (Lefebvre, LefĂšvre; a more archaic spelling is Le Febvre), with the contracted masculine article as a prefix (Dufaure) in the south of France. Or without article/prefix (Favre, Faure) in the south of France. But the meaning is the same.

People※

Lefebvre※

LefĂšbvre※

Le Febvre※

Combined with other surnames※

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References※

  1. ^ Albert Dauzat, Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand, Noms et prénoms de France, Larousse 1981. New full-filled edition by Marie-ThérÚse Morlet.
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