Fauvel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: dérivé de fauve, surnom d’un individu aux cheveux roussâtres
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/fovəl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Fauvel is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
- CACanada
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)
dérivé de fauve, surnom d’un individu aux cheveux roussâtres
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Louis-François-Sébastien Fauvelb. 1753FRFrench painter, diplomat and archaeologist (1753-1838)
- Francis Fauvel Gouraudb. 1808FRFrench engineer; pioneer of photographic techniques and mnemotechnics
- Pierre Fauvelb. 1830FRFrench physician
- Charles Adolphe Albert Fauvelb. 1840FRFrench entomologist
- Albert-Auguste Fauvelb. 1851FRFrench explorer and naturalist (1851–1909)
- Pascal Fauvelb. 1882FRFrench archer (1882-1942)
- Charles Fauvelb. 1904FRFrench aircraft designer
- Renato Fauvel Amaryb. 1946BRBrazilian politician, lawyer
- Benjamin Dieude-Fauvelb. 1986FRFrench ice hockey defenceman
- Maxence Danet-Fauvelb. 1994FRFrench model and actor
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 13 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 923 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 863 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 800 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 771 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 770 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 686 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 608 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 588 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 508 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 494 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 307 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 38 | #126,822 |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- 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
- How do you pronounce Fauvel?
- A machine transcription gives /fovəl/ (IPA) for French.
- What does the name Fauvel mean?
- Recorded meaning: dérivé de fauve, surnom d’un individu aux cheveux roussâtres
- In which country does Fauvel have the most bearers?
- Fauvel is most frequently recorded in France.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/fauvelThe 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
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fauvel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.