Bouvet
surname · Latin script
Meaning: rabbet plane
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/buvɛ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bouvet is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- ARArgentina
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
rabbet plane
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- FRFrance
- ARArgentina
- USUnited States
- CACanada
- ESSpain
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Bouvet is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, De l’ancien français bouvet « jeune boeuf », surnom d’un individu fort, corpulent.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In English, Norwegian island, Atlantic
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Ellipsis of Bouvet Island.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joachim Bouvetb. 1656FRFrench Jesuit active in China
- François Joseph Bouvetb. 1753FRFrench Navy officer and admiral
- Maurice Bouvetb. 1911FRFrench psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1911–1960)
- Paulette Bouvetb. 1914FRFrench actress (1914–2010)
- Albert Bouvetb. 1930FRFrench racing cyclist (1930–2017)
- Jean-Christophe Bouvetb. 1947FRFrench actor, film director and screenwriter
- Michel Bouvetb. 1955FRFrench graphic designer
- Didier Bouvetb. 1961FRalpine skier
- Laurent Bouvetb. 1968FRFrench political scientist, academic and essayist
- Fanny Bouvetb. 1994FRFrench diver
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 1.8K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 1.7K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 1.5K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 1.5K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 1.4K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 1.3K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 1.3K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 1.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 930 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 633 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 560 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bouvet mean, and where does it come from?
- rabbet plane Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Bouvet?
- A machine transcription gives /buvɛ/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Bouvet have the most bearers?
- Bouvet is most frequently recorded in France.
What do you want to know about Bouvet?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bouvetThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bouvet”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.