Tavernier
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in French: taverner; owner of a tavern
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Tavernier is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
- BEBelgium
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)
A surname originating as an occupation for an innkeeper.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Tavernier is read(measured from records)
Tavernier is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French71%
taverner; owner of a tavern
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
De l’ancien français tavernier; surnom d’un individu qui tenait une taverne ou qui fréquentait les tavernes.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
- English21%
A surname originating as an occupation for an innkeeper.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Tavernier is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, s. Taferne
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
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)
- Jean-Baptiste Tavernierb. 1605FRFrench writer
- René Tavernierb. 1915FRFrench poet (1915–1989)
- Yves Tavernierb. 1937FRFrench politician
- Bertrand Tavernierb. 1941FRFrench film director (1941–2021)
- Colo Tavernierb. 1942GBBritish-French screenwriter (1942–2020)
- Nils Tavernierb. 1965FRFrench actor and film director
- Tiffany Tavernierb. 1967FRFrench writer and screenwriter
- James Tavernierb. 1991GBEnglish association football player
- Alexandra Tavernierb. 1993FRFrench hammer thrower
- Marcus Tavernierb. 1999GBEnglish association football player (born 1999)
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1.2K | #1,016 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 1.2K | #976 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 1.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 1.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 1.1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 1.1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 977 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 975 | #26,376 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 965 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 932 | #26,229 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 880 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 852 | #26,829 |
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
- Where does the name Tavernier come from?
- A surname originating as an occupation for an innkeeper. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What does the name Tavernier mean?
- In French, taverner; owner of a tavern
- In which country does Tavernier have the most bearers?
- Tavernier is most frequently recorded in France.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tavernier”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.