| The girl name Fay [ 1 syll. fay, fa-y ] is pronounced FEY KEY. Fay's language of origin is Old English and it is used mainly in the English language. Fay is a variant form of the English Faye. Fay is unusual as a baby name for girls. Its usage peaked modestly in 1911 with 0.077% of baby girls being given the name Fay. Its ranking then was #208. The baby name has since experienced a marked drop in frequency, and is currently of only sporadic use. Among all girl names in its group, Fay was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2007. Fay has predominantly been a girl name, although in the past century it has also been used for boys. Girls named Fay outnumbered boys by 10 times in 1942. Baby names that sound like Fay include the English Faye, the English Fae, the German Fee, the English Phebe, the English Pheobe, the English and German Phoebe, and the German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Fabia. KEY: Pronunciation for Fay: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"
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