Names

Derived from Middle English feare meaning “friend, comrade”.

Occupational name meaning “potter” in Hungarian.

Referred to a person who came from various places named Fay or Faye in northern France, derived from Old French fau “beech tree”, from Latin fagus.

Southern French variant of Fèvre.

Diminutive of Favre.

Variant of Fabbri.

Possibly indicated a person from the town of Faverges in eastern France, derived from Old French faverge meaning “forge”.

From Italian fava referring to a type of broad bean.

From the given name Fausto.

Derived from the given name Faust, a form of Faustus.