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Name Fay

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fay, fairy

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Gender:	female
Languages of use:	English
Topics:	Asteroid 4820 Fay, discovered 1985
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Cay, Cay, Fae, Faye, Jay, Kay, Kay, Kay, May, May Details

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About Faye, the group of names with the same origin as Fay

Meaning/translation:	fay, fairy
Language of origin:	Old English
Info about origin:	from Old English fae which ultimatively derives from Latin fatum (fate)
	known from Morgan le Fay, in Arthurian legends the half-sister of King Arthur
	used as a given name only since the end of the 19th century
Words:	fae = the fay, the fairy Old English
	fatum Latin
Topics:	Arthurian legend
Variants' top ranks:	43:Faye Ireland 2012, 47:Fay Netherlands 2011
Name variants:	Fae, Fay, Faye Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Fay

Series	Graph	Rankings
Netherlands	Graph	2020 100, 2019 83, 2018 80, 2017 88, 2016 95, 2015 71, 2014 71, 2013 67, 2012 67, 2011 47, 2010 61, 2009 85, 2008 91