The surname Poilievre is roughly pronounced "pwah-lee-eh-vruh." It comes from poil ("pwahl"), meaning human body hair or animal fur, and lièvre ("lee-eh-vruh"), or hare. So: hare fur. It could refer to someone who farms, hunts, or traps hares, likely for their pelts.
A rabbit, in case you're wondering, is un lapin, with the lap sounding like "lap" in English, and the -in sounding like the e in the word bed, but pronounced nasally, as if you were saying "eh" while pinching your nose: \ lapɛ̃ \.
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