Fabrice

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Fabrice is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name20K records spelled Fabrice18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Australia, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Fabricé, Fabricè, Fåbrïçë, Fābrïçē, Fabriçë

• Russian surname347 records spelled Fabrice8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Switzerland, Italy

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Фабрис, Fabris, Фабрыс

64 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Fabrice is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Latin, meaning 'wise/scholar'; from the Roman name Fabricius.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• From the Latin family name Fabricius. Caius Fabricius Luscinus (d. 250 BC) was a Roman statesman noted for his incorruptibility. Félix 3 From Latin Felix in main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In French, Du latin faber, « ouvrier, artisan, forgeron »; lié à la forge et à la fonderie.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Du latin Fabricius, « artisan, forgeron »; fêté le 22 août (saint Fabrice).

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Du latin faber « artisan »; fête de saint Fabrice le 22 août.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

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.

Over time●

GF INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 973 (French Guiana) — 49 years between 1970–2023. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jacques Valléeb. 1939FRnot in their usual nameComputer Scientist, UFO researcher
• Fabrice Guyb. 1968FRFrench former Nordic combined skier
• Fabrice Santorob. 1972FRFrench tennis player
• Fabrice Du Welzb. 1972BEBelgian film director
• Akwáb. 1977AOnot in their usual nameAngolan footballer
• Fabrice Ébouéb. 1977FRFrench actor and comedian
• Fabrice Muambab. 1988GBCongolese association football player (born 1988)
• Fabrice N'Sakalab. 1990FRDR Congolese and French footballer
• Hugues Fabrice Zangob. 1993BFburkinabe athlete and doctor of electrical engineering
• Fabrice Ondoab. 1995CMCameroonian footballer

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 402 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Fabrice?

We estimate roughly 2.1 thousand people bear Fabrice (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Fabrice have the most bearers?

Fabrice is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled fabrice.

How common is Fabrice compared with other names?

In France, Fabrice is the 144th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Fabrice a male or female name?

Fabrice is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Fabrice mean?

Recorded meaning: From Latin Fabricius, a Roman family name related to faber ‘craftsman’