The lafave Surname
lafave Name Meaning and History
North American variant of French Lefevre, the most common
name in French-speaking Canada. As the vocabulary word fèvre
‘smith’ was replaced by forgeron, the meaning of the old word
became opaque, and the name was reinterpreted by French Canadian
immigrants as Lafève, from fève ‘(fava) bean’ (see
Bean). Lafève would be heard as Lafave by English ears.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Urbana La Fave | Linda Garrigan | 3 |
| Thomas Lafave | Dave LaFave | 4 |
| Thomas LAFAVE | Dave LAFAVE | 1 |
| LaFave/LeFave of Nova Scotia |
 amshnayer
| 6 |
| duval |
tiffcheyka25
| 0 |
| Lafave/Lefebvre from Quebec to Green Bay,Wi. in 1865 |
P_Theys
| 6 |
| LaFAVE Donald F 1918-1965 |
| 0 |
| Celia LaFave |
pqrstny
| 2 |
| Adolphus Lafave b. 1841, QC | Lavon | 1 |
| Thomas Lafave, Canada born Sept 30th 1830 |
Paulk2001
| 11 |
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