Language(s) | Flemish |
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Origin | |
Word/name | From Old French fou, fau, " beech" from Latin fagus; or from Germanic falisa, " cliff" |
Region of origin | Belgium |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Defauw, De fauw, de Fauw, Defauwe, Defauwes, Defawe, Defawes, Defau, Defaut |
Cognate(s) | Faux, Defaux, Dufaux, Defaut, Defau |
See also | De Pauw |
De Fauw or Defauw is a Belgian surname.
The name has many variants. It derives from Old French fou, fau, " beech", itself from Latin fagus, or, like the variants Defau and Defaut, it can indicate origin from Faux (Faulx) in Court-Saint-Étienne, Wallonia, or Faulx-les-Tombes, near Namur, also in Wallonia, [1] or from Les Fawes, Liège. [2] The etymology of these toponyms is either still from Latin fagus via Old French, or from Germanic *falisa, " cliff". [1] [2] [3]
Notable people with the surname include:
Language(s) | Flemish |
---|---|
Origin | |
Word/name | From Old French fou, fau, " beech" from Latin fagus; or from Germanic falisa, " cliff" |
Region of origin | Belgium |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Defauw, De fauw, de Fauw, Defauwe, Defauwes, Defawe, Defawes, Defau, Defaut |
Cognate(s) | Faux, Defaux, Dufaux, Defaut, Defau |
See also | De Pauw |
De Fauw or Defauw is a Belgian surname.
The name has many variants. It derives from Old French fou, fau, " beech", itself from Latin fagus, or, like the variants Defau and Defaut, it can indicate origin from Faux (Faulx) in Court-Saint-Étienne, Wallonia, or Faulx-les-Tombes, near Namur, also in Wallonia, [1] or from Les Fawes, Liège. [2] The etymology of these toponyms is either still from Latin fagus via Old French, or from Germanic *falisa, " cliff". [1] [2] [3]
Notable people with the surname include: