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Name Faye

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fay, fairy

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Gender:	female
Languages of use:	English
US 2021 rank:	#607 ... 605:Ivanna, 606:Zelda, 607:Faye, 608:Karsyn, 609:Oakleigh ... Full US 2021 list
Similarly written:	Fae, Fay Details

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

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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Series	Graph	Rankings
Ireland	Graph	2023 69, 2022 55, 2021 53, 2020 65, 2019 47, 2018 46, 2017 50, 2016 47, 2015 44, 2014 52, 2013 49, 2012 43, 2011 49, 2010 56, 2009 59, 2008 77, 2007 87, 2006 74, 2004 98, 2003 91
Netherlands		2009 99
Scotland	Graph	2023 185, 2016 196, 2015 191, 2013 188, 2012 135
USA yearly	Graph	2023 500, 2022 564, 2021 607, 2020 687, 2019 697, 2018 705, 2017 710, 2016 825, 2015 928, 2014 907

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