as a Last Name
- 9,805
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Faber
Meaning & Origins
Occupational name for a smith or ironworker, from Latin faber ‘craftsman’. This was in use as a surname in England, Scotland, and elsewhere in the Middle Ages and is also found as a personal name. At the time of the Reformation, it was much used as a humanistic name, a translation into Latin of vernacular surnames such as German Schmidt and Dutch Smit.
| 3,165th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 9,805
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Iowa
- has the most people named Faber per capita
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