Faye

See also: faþe and faye

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Faye (plural Fayes)

1. A female given name, variant of Fay.
   • 1990, William Boyd, Brazzaville Beach, W.Morrow, →ISBN, page 126:

     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.

   • 2018 April 23, Chuck Johnston, “Judge not allowed back to court after berating woman who died”, in CNN‎:

     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.

2. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Faye”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 557.
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