Lefebvre


Lefebvre is a common northern French surname. Other variations include Lefèbvre, Lefèvre, Lefeuvre and Lefébure.
In the Occitan and Arpitan extension area, the variation is Fabre, Favre, Faure, Favret, Favrette or Dufaure and in Corsica Fabri. In Celtic-speaking Brittany, the corresponding name is Le Goff, 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.
The name derives from faber, the Latin word for "craftsman", "worker"; used in Late Latin in Gaul to mean smith. Many northern French surnames are used with the definite masculine article as a prefix, with the contracted masculine article as a prefix in the south of France, or without article/prefix in the south of France, but the meaning is the same.

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