🔥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.

Faye Rank in US Top 1000

# 500 in the US

Faye Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 191 on Nameberry

Faye Popularity

• 500 US 2023
• 191 Nameberry 2024
• 364 Future 2028
• 289 England 2021
• 193 Scotland 2023
• 69 Ireland 2023

20 Names Similar to Faye

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Faye.

• Fern
• Freya
• Fay
• Flora
• Fae
• Clover
• Mae
• Maeve
• Briar
• Daphne
• Fleur
• Eve
• Athena
• June
• Elodie
• Iris
• Astrid
• Blythe
• Mira
• Daisy

Famous People Named Faye

• (Dorothy) Faye Dunaway American actress
• Faye Elizabeth Grant American actress
• Faye Marsay English actress
• Faye Reagan American porn star
• Faye Wong (born Wong Fei) Hong Kong singer,songwriter and actress
• Faye Katherine Dancer All,American Girls Baseball League player
• Alice Faye American actress and singer
• Faye Yu (born Yu Feihong) Chinese actress

Faye in Pop Culture

• Faye Valentine character in anime "Cowboy Bebop"
• Faye Chamberlain character from The Secret Circle series by L. J. Smith
• Faye Greener character in Nathanael West's "Day of the Locust"
• Dr. Faye Miller character on TV's "Mad Men"
• Faye Windass character on British soap "Coronation Street"
• Faye Whitaker character in webcomic "Questionable Content"
• Faye character in video game "Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia"