Faye

F4A1Y4E1

proper noun

A female given name, variant of Fay.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

proper nounFaye (plural Fayes)

plural Fayes

  1. A female given name, variant of Fay.

    Ten years ago, shortly before her sister married her husband, Bobby Gow, she announced to the family that she did not want to be known as Faith any longer; henceforward her name was to be Faye.

    1990, William Boyd, Brazzaville Beach, W.Morrow, →ISBN, page 126
    1 more example

    Judge Merrilee Ehrlich was seen in video of the April 15 court appearance yelling at Sandra Faye Twiggs. The 59-year-old was in court on a simple battery charge after a dispute over a fan at her home in Lauderhill.

    2018 April 23, Chuck Johnston, “Judge not allowed back to court after berating woman who died”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2025

Origin

  1. FrenchFaye
  2. EnglishFaye

* (surname): Borrowed from French Faye or other languages.

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APA

Faye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Faye

MLA

“Faye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Faye. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Faye,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Faye.

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