Faver

F4A1V4E1R1

proper noun

A surname from French.

OriginProto-Brythonic *fav ← Latin faba →
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Meanings

proper nounFaver (plural Favers)

plural Favers

  1. A surname from French.

Origin

  1. Latinfaba“bean”
  2. Proto-Brythonic*fav
  3. EnglishFaver

* As a French surname, variant of Favre or Lefèvre. Compare Favor. * As an English surname, variant of Feaver. * Also as an English surname, sometimes a nickname based on the noun favor. * Also as an English surname of Breton origin, from the noun fav (“broad bean”), from Proto-Brythonic *fav, from Latin faba (“bean”).

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APA

Faver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Faver

MLA

“Faver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Faver. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Faver,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Faver.

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