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Lefevre

in Rhode Island

There are 17 people with the last name "Lefevre" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

NameRank
Lefevre 7,882
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  1. is 7,878th most common Lanzieri
  2. is 7,879th most common Lauder
  3. is 7,880th most common Laurendeau
  4. is 7,881st most common Layfield
  5. is 7,882nd most common Lefevre
  6. is 7,883rd most common Lena
  7. is 7,884th most common Leys
  8. is 7,885th most common Lindia
  9. is 7,886th most common Lindo

Similar Names and Nicknames

Lefebvre, Lefever, Lafever, Lefevers, Lefeber, Lefebre, Lefebure, Lefeld, Lefevere, Lefere

Most Common First Names for Lefevre

Jennifer, Robert, Don, Doris, Jen, Joanna, Joanne, Joseph, Kim, Kir

Meaning & History

French (Lefèvre): occupational name for an ironworker or smith, Old French fevre. One of the most common names in France from an early date, this was taken to Britain and Ireland by the Normans, by the French to Canada, and by the Huguenots (with the variant form Lefebre) to colonial America and elsewhere.In Canada, there were so many bearers of this name that many nicknames and epithets (secondary surnames or ‘dit’ names) were employed to distinguish between one family and another. Thus, for example, the Lefevre called Descoteaux became Hill by translation, and the Lefevre called Boulanger became Baker. Since fevre ‘smith’ had ceded as a general vocabulary word to forgeron in French, the meaning of the name was no longer understood; in some cases it was reconstructed as Lafeve (Latin faba) and translated as Bean.

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