What is "faure"

Fauré is an Occitan family name. Notable people with the surname include:

• Amédée Fauré or Victor-Amédée Fauré, French painter
• Cédric Fauré, French football striker
• Gabriel Fauré, French composer
• Trevor Fauré, Australian Actor

Faure is an Occitan family name meaning blacksmith, from Latin faber. It is pronounced differently from the accented surname Fauré, as in Gabriel Fauré, French composer and organist.