Fabrice

\fa.bʁis\♂French boy's name

A French boy's name of Latin origin, first recorded around Siècle à préciser.

At a glance

GenderMasculine
OriginLatin
First recordedSiècle à préciser
Pronunciation\fa.bʁis\

Origin and meaning

Borrowed from Latin Fabricius, name of a plebeian Roman gens, of unknown origin, but often explained as from faber (“skillful, one who works with hands”).

Where it is mostly given

  • France
  • Belgium
  • Luxembourg
  • Switzerland

Around the world

  • GermanFabricius
  • EnglishFabricius
  • BasquePabirtzi
  • CatalanFabrici
  • CorsicanFabriziu
  • DanishFabricius
  • SpanishFabricio
  • HungarianFabríciusz
  • ItalianFabrizio
  • LatvianFabriciuss
  • LithuanianFabricijus
  • DutchFabricius
  • PolishFabrycjusz, Fabrycy
  • PortugueseFabrício

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Lepticed7 (France (Toulouse)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

All French names ↑