Meanings
plural Fayes
- 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 1261 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 - A surname.
Origin
- FrenchFaye
- EnglishFaye
* (surname): Borrowed from French Faye or other languages.
More words from French
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