Fay Family History
Fay Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, John Patrick, Donovan, Fergus, Kieran, Liam, Nuala.
English: nickname for a person believed to have supernatural qualities, from Middle English, Old French faie ‘fairy, witch’ (from Late Latin fata ‘fate, destiny’).
English: nickname for a trustworthy person, from Middle English, Old French fei ‘loyalty, trust’.
English (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of various places in France named with Old French faie (from Latin fagus) ‘beech’, such as Fay in Orne, Sarthe, or Somme, or a topographic name from someone living by a beech tree or beech wood. Compare Faye .
Irish: variant of Fahey or Fee .
German: from a short form of the female personal name Sophia (see Sofia ).
Chinese: possibly from Cantonese form of the Chinese name 輝 (meaning ‘glorious’), a monosyllabic personal name, or part of a disyllabic personal name of some early Chinese immigrants in the US.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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