🔥Faye

English

"fairy"

Faye Origin and Meaning

The name Faye is a girl's name of English origin meaning "fairy".

Does Fay really need that e at the end? We vote no, but modern parents disagree: The Faye spelling was used for nearly 300 girls in 2014, vaulting the name back onto the Top 1000 after a 35-year absence, nearly ten times as many babies as received the Fay spelling.

Some people may feel spelling it Faye makes the name more balanced and complete, as Anne of Green Gables famously said about her name. The original Fay, Morgan le Fay, was a sorceress of the Arthurian Legends. Faye may also be used as a short form of Faith.

• 687 US 2020
• 145 Nameberry 2021
• 364 Future 2028
• 319 England 2019
• 65 Ireland 2020