Tavernier is a French occupational surname meaning innkeeper. Related surnames include Taverner, Tavenner, and Letavernier.

Notable people with the surname include:

Alexandra Tavernier (born 1993), French hammer thrower Alphonse Tavernier (1852–1933), French painter and Provençal poet Andrea Tavernier (1858–1932), Italian painter Annabel Tavernier (born 1989), Belgian politician Bertrand Tavernier (1941–2021), French filmmaker Boris Tavernier (born 1979), French politician Colo Tavernier O'Hagan (1942–2020), British–French screenwriter, wife of Bertrand Tavernier Jacques Tavernier (1625–1673), French privateer and buccaneer James Tavernier (born 1991), English footballer Janine Tavernier (1935–2019), Haitian poet, novelist and academic Jean Tavernier (1928–2020), French politician Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689), French merchant and traveller Jef Tavernier (born 1951), Belgian politician Jules Tavernier (painter) (1844–1889), French painter Kevaughn Tavernier (born 2006), Canadian soccer player Marcus Tavernier (born 1999), English footballer Melchior Tavernier (1594–1665), French engraver and printmaker Nils Tavernier (born 1965), French film director, son of Bertrand Tavernier Paul Tavernier (1852–1943), French painter Prades Tavernier (fl. late 13th-early 14th centuries), French weaver and Cathar Perfect René Tavernier (geologist) (1914–1992), Belgian geologist and stratigrapher René Tavernier (poet) (1915–1989), French writer and philosopher, father of Bertrand Tavernier Yves Tavernier (born 1962), French alpine skier

Fictional characters Celestine and Etta Tavernier, from EastEnders Clyde Tavernier, from EastEnders Hattie Tavernier, from EastEnders Jules Tavernier (EastEnders), from EastEnders Adele Tavernier, from Reverse: 1999

See also Taverner (surname)

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