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In French, that would translate to forgeron, but it doesn't seem to be a very common name. On the other hand, boucher (= butcher) and boulanger (= baker) are ve
by gommm 5y ago
In French, that would translate to forgeron, but it doesn't seem to be a very common name. On the other hand, boucher (= butcher) and boulanger (= baker) are very common name in France. Kind of interesting that certain profession would become common names in one culture and not in other?
Or maybe I'm missing something?
- mariuolo 5y agoHow about ferrier?
- perl4ever 5y agoTo me, Lefèvre is the familiar one, as mentioned in the sibling comment. Google translate doesn't always produce the "right" name for Smith, I assume because the typical name in many languages was "frozen" prior to modern usage.
- Zababa 5y agoI just looked that up, and apparently it's "Lefèvre" that refers to smiths: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lef%C3%A8vre_(patronyme) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lef%C3%A8vre_(patronyme).
- gommm 5y agoOk, and that and Lefebvre are definitely very very common. Thanks for looking it up.
- CRConrad 5y agoAnd both are probably French forms of the article's "Faber"? (Maker, AIUI, kind of could have been "Faire-ieur" in French? In stead it's related to factor, factory, manufacture etc.) (Also mentioned above, in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28421872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28421872 )