Favre

Favre is a family name.

Origin and Meaning

Favre was originally a work-related French surname, derived from the Latin faber meaning " blacksmith".

Bearers of the name

• Alphonse Favre (1815-1890), Swiss geologist
• Anthony Favre ( Telemark ) (born 1970 ), French Telemarker
• Anthony Favre (football player) ( born 1984 ), Swiss football player
• Betty Favre (1918-1977), Swiss alpinist and author
• Brett Favre (born 1969 ), American football player
• Charles Favre ( born 1957 ), Swiss politician (FDP)
• Cristina Favre- Moretti ( born 1963 ), Swiss Schibergsteigerin
• Corinne Favre ( born 1968 ), French ski mountaineer and mountain runner
• 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 Foreign Minister
• Laurent Favre (born 1972 ), Swiss politician (FDP)
• Louis Favre (1826-1879), Swiss Civil
• Lucien Favre ( born 1957 ), Swiss football player and coach
• Michel M. Favre ( born 1940 ), Swiss Manager
• Oliver Favre, Swiss ski jumper
• Patrick Favre (born 1972 ), Italian biathlete
• Philippe Favre (1961-2013), Swiss racing driver
• Pierre Favre (1506-1546), a French Jesuit priest, see Peter Faber
• Pierre Favre ( drummer ) ( born 1937 ), Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist
• Pierre Antoine Favre (1813-1880), French chemist
• Titus de Favre († 1745), architect and chief architect of Walloon origin
• Valérie Favre ( born 1959 ), Swiss visual artist and high school teacher
• Willy Favre (1943-1986), Swiss alpine skier
• Yves -Alain Favre (1937-1992), a French linguist and literary scholar