Fay name meaning

✍ Updated on: March 17th, 2023

Gender: Girl

Origin: Old English

Usage: Arabic, English, Finnish, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian

Pronunciation: pronunciation of Fay

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Meaning: Raven, Trust, Belief, Fairy, Confidence, Elf, Fay, Fee and Faith

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What does Fay mean?
Variations of Fay
How popular is Fay?
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Similar Names to Fay
Sibling Names for Fay
Famous People Named Fay
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What does Fay mean?

Fay means Raven, Trust, Belief, Fairy, Confidence, Elf, Fay, Fee or Faith is used in English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Arabic, a gender insensitive name is rooted from Old English. Fay is a variation of frequently used and venerable Faith.

Faith is equivalent of Faith that is usedforeign in Spanish language. Faith's meaning is Loyalty and One of the Virtues is used mainly in Spanish, Kannada and English is originated from English.

Fay is form of persistent and customary Faye. Faye is English form of Faith. Also Faye is form of Faith in English language. Faye is also form of Fay in English language.

Meaning of Faye is Fairy and Fay came from Old English.

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How do I pronounce Fay?

fay is the most common way to pronounce one syllabled Fay.

Variants of Fay

Faye, Faith, Fae, Faeth, Fe, Faithmarie, Fayeth

Names that rhyme with Fay

How popular is the name Fay?

a popular name in United States with over 35901 new-borns have been given the name since 1880. Currently the moniker is on a rise, in 1907, 722 girls were bestowed the name and it was ranked at 202nd position.

In addition to that, the given name has been in the top 500 baby names an astonishing 106 times Fay is a familiar baby name in England and Wales, it has been in use since 1996 and was able to reach the top 400 names.

In 1996, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 368 on girl names chart when 91 babies were given the name Fay. Over 1029 babies in England and Wales have been named Fay.

But Fay is a popular baby name in England where every 1 in 5000 have the name. At least, 70000 people around the globe have been given the name as per our findings.

Year	Boys		Girls
Year	Rank	Births	Rank	Births
2018			3773	39
2017			5014	26
2016			3440	45
2015			5270	25
2014			4341	33

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Fay in Nordic countries

Countries	Men		Women
Countries	First Name	Secondary Name	First Name	Secondary Name
	5	8	2468	883
	0	0	0	47
	2	2	58	70
	2	2	49	153
	2	0	18	0

Numerological analysis of Fay

You are self-reliant, self-motivated and persistent. You have the ability to predict things before they happen thanks to your strong intuition. Travelling is your passion. You are the most self-motivated person you know. You are hard-working by nature and success drives you. You are passionate when it comes to relationships but cool off too easily. You are a person of many talents. You hang around with different people, so you can widen your life perspective and expand your knowledge.

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Sibling Names for Fay

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Famous people named Fay

Fay Presto,
Fay Templeton, American actress, singer, songwriter and comedian
Fay B. Begor, officer
Fay Gillis Wells, American pioneer aviator
Fay Davis, star of many Shakespearean plays
Fay Holderness, American vaudeville performer and film actress
Fay Dowker, British physicist
Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress most noted for starring as Ann Darrow
Fay Bainter, American film and stage actress
Fay Vincent, Francis Thomas Vincent Jr
Fay Compton, distinguished member of the profession
Fay Godwin, British photographer
Fay Weldon, English author, essayist, feminist and playwright
Fay Ripley, English actress and recipe author
Fay Babcock, Hollywood set decorator

Fay Kleinman, American painter
Fay McKenzie, American actress
Fay Zwicky, Australian poet, short-story writer
Fay Spain, American actress in motion pictures and television
Fay Moulton, Olympic sprinter
Fay Devlin, former Gaelic footballer for Tyrone
Fay Coyle, Northern Ireland international footballer
Fay Kanin, American screenwriter, playwright and producer
Fay Tincher, American comic actress
Fay Crocker was an Uruguayan golfer who stood out for being the first non-American to win one of the major professional golf tournaments, the United States Open of 1955. He later won the Titleholders Championship of 1960;
In 1925, Fay Adams portrayed the role of Trooper Kennedy in action and adventure film A Daughter of the Sioux.

Fay Evelyn characterized the key role of Margery Fields in 1919 drama flick The Heart of a Gypsy.
Fay Yu played leading role of N in 1984 fantasy movie Lao Shan gui lian.
In 1939, Fay Holden played the role of Mrs. Hardy in comedy, romance flick Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever.
In 1926, Fay Lanphier played the role of Miss Alabama in comedy flick The American Venus.
In 1929 drama flick, Tagebuch einer Kokotte, Fay Wall portrayed Susanne Plarot.
In 1929 comedy and drama flick, The Talk of Hollywood, Fay Marbe played Adoré Renée.
In 1915 comedy movie, The Cave Man, Fay Wallace played Madeline Mischief.

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