Favre

Favre is a family name .

Origin and meaning

Favre is an originally professional French family name, derived from the Latin faber meaning " blacksmith ".

Name bearer

• Adeline Favre (1908–1983), Swiss midwife
• Alphonse Favre (1815–1890), Swiss geologist
• Anthony Favre (telemarker) (* 1970), French skier
• Anthony Favre (soccer player) (* 1984), Swiss soccer player
• Antoine Favre (architect) († 1757), Swiss architect
• Antoine Favre (politician) (1897–1974), Swiss politician
• Antoine Favre (legal scholar) (1557-1624), Savoyard legal scholar
• Antoine Favre (composer) (around 1670 to around 1739), French composer
• Antoine Favre-Salomon (1734–1820), clockmaker, inventor of the music box
• Antoine Favre (watchmaker) (1767–1828), watchmaker, son of Favre-Salomon, sometimes also referred to as the inventor of the music box

• Bernard Favre-Bulle (1956–2008), Swiss electrical engineer
• Betty Favre (1918–1977), Swiss alpinist and author
• Brett Favre (born 1969), American football player
• Charles Favre († 1553), French theologian and martyr, see Five Martyrs of Lyon
• Charles Favre (* 1957), Swiss politician (FDP)
• Charles Favre (mathematician) (* 1973), French mathematician
• Cristina Favre-Moretti (* 1963), Swiss ski mountaineer
• Corinne Favre (* 1968), French ski mountaineer and mountain runner
• Florian Favre (* 1986), Swiss jazz musician
• Frédéric Favre (* 1979), Swiss politician (PLR)
• Jacques Favre (1921–2008), French football player and coach
• Jacques Favre (architect) (1921–1973), Swiss architect
• John Favre (1911–1983), Swiss manager
• Jules Favre (1809-1880), French politician
• Laurent Favre (* 1972), Swiss politician (FDP)
• Louis Favre (1826–1879), Swiss civil engineer
• Louis-Eugène Favre (1816–1861), Swiss politician and judge
• Lucien Favre (* 1957), Swiss football player and coach
• Michel M. Favre (* 1940), Swiss manager
• Oliver Favre , Swiss ski jumper
• Patrick Favre (* 1972), Italian biathlete
• Philippe Favre (1961–2013), Swiss racing driver
• Pierre Favre (1506–1546), French Jesuit priest, see Peter Faber
• Pierre Favre (drummer) (* 1937), Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist
• Pierre Antoine Favre (1813-1880), French chemist
• Titus de Favre († 1745), German architect and construction officer of Walloon origin
• Valérie Favre (* 1959), Swiss artist and university professor
• Valérie Favre Accola (* 1973), Swiss politician (SVP)
• Willy Favre (1943–1986), Swiss ski racer
• Yves-Alain Favre (1937–1992), French Romance studies and literary scholar

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Favre on surnames.behindthename.com (English)