Fay is a primarily feminine

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

given name meaning

fairy A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, English, and French folklore), a form of spirit, ...

. Alternately, it is a diminutive of

Faith Faith, derived from Latin ''fides'' and Old French ''feid'', is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or In the context of religion, one can define faith as "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion". Religious people often ...

. It has been in use in

English-speaking countries The following is a list of English-speaking population by country, including information on both native speakers and second-language speakers. List * The European Union is a supranational union composed of 27 member states. The total Engl ...

since the 1800s. https://www.behindthename.com/name/fay It may refer to: *

E. Fay Jones Euine Fay Jones (January 31, 1921 – August 30, 2004) was an American architect and designer. An apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright during his professional career, Jones is the only one of Wright's disciples to have received the AIA Gold Medal (19 ...

(1921–2004), American architect * Fay Babcock (1895–1970), American film set director *

Fay Bainter Fay Okell Bainter (December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968) was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Jezebel'' (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Early life Bainter wa ...

(1893–1968), American actress *

Fay Baker Fay Baker (born Fay Schwager; January 31, 1917 – December 8, 1987) was an American stage, film and television actress and writer. Using the pen name Beth Holmes, she wrote the novel, ''The Whipping Boy''. She also published, under her own nam ...

(1917–1987), American actress * Fay B. Begor (1916–1943), American physician *

Fay Bellamy Powell Fay D. Bellamy Powell (May 1, 1938 – January 5, 2013) was an African-American civil rights activist. Known for her involvement in many organizations tracing the movements of the civil rights movement, Bellamy Powell began her career in the Uni ...

(1938–2013), American civil rights activist * Fay G. Child (1908-1965), American politician and newspaper editor *

Fay Chung Fay King Chung (born March 1941) is a Zimbabwean educator and was an independent candidate for the March 2008 Zimbabwean senatorial election. Chung has worked to extend access to education and to bring 'education-with-production' principle ...

(born 1941), Zimbabwean educator * Fay Compton (1894–1978), English actress *

Fay Coyle Francis Coyle (1 April 1933 – 30 March 2007), more commonly known as Fay Coyle, was a Northern Ireland international footballer from Derry, Northern Ireland. Club career A centre-forward, Fay Coyle began his career at Derry City in the Iri ...

(1933–2007), Northern Irish footballer * Fay Cravens (1872-1955), American politician and newspaper editor *

Fay Crocker Fay Crocker (2 August 1914 – 16 September 1983) was a Uruguayan professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. In her career, she won 11 LPGA tournaments, including two major championships, the 1955 U.S. Women's Open and 1960 Titleholders ...

(1914–1983), Uruguayan golfer * Fay Davis (1873–1945), American actress * Fay Devlin (21st century), Irish footballer *

Fay Dowker Helen Fay Dowker (; born 9 September 1965) is a British physicist who is a current professor of theoretical physics at Imperial College London. Education Dowker attended Manchester High School for Girls. As a student, she was interested in wor ...

(21st century), British theoretical physicist *

Fay Gale Fay Gale AO (13 June 1932 – 3 May 2008) was an Australian cultural geographer and an emeritus professor. She was an advocate of equal opportunity for women and for Aboriginal people. Background She was born Gwendoline Fay Gilding in Balakl ...

(1932–2008), Australian cultural geographer *

Fay Gillis Wells Fay Gillis Wells (October 15, 1908 – December 2, 2002) was an American pioneer aviator, globe-trotting journalist and a broadcaster. In 1929, she became one of the first women pilots to bail out of an airplane to save her life and helped found ...

(1908–2002), American aviator *

Fay Godwin Fay Godwin (17 February 1931 – 27 May 2005) was a British photographer known for her black-and-white landscapes of the British countryside and coast. Career Godwin was introduced to the London literary scene.Fay Holden (1893–1973), American actress * Fay Holderness (1881–1963), American actor * Fay Jones (born 1985), British politician *

Fay Kanin Fay Kanin (née Mitchell; May 9, 1917March 27, 2013) was an American screenwriter, playwright and producer. Kanin was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1979 to 1983. Biography Born Fay Mitchell in New York City t ...

(1917–2013), American screenwriter *

Fay Kelton Fay Kelton (Born in Tasmania between 1940–41), is an Australian former actress radio, stage and television, she relocated to Melbourne in her teens. She was a regular performer on the ABC radio serial '' Blue Hills'' (1949-1976), and also ap ...

(21st century), Australian actress * Fay King (American football) (1922–1983), American football player * Fay King (1889–1???), American cartoonist *

Fay Kleinman Fay Kleinman (November 29, 1912 – February 21, 2012) was an American painter. She was also known by her married names, Fay Skurnick, and then Fay Levenson. The medium of most of the works Kleinman created is oil on canvas, but she also prod ...

(1912–2012), American painter * Fay Lanphier (1905–1959), American model *

Fay Lemport Fay Lemport (born c. 1901) was an American actress known for her role in ''Daddy-Long-Legs'' (1919). She appeared in three films between 1919 and 1920. A 1919 article said that she had received 39 marriage proposals in one month. After receivin ...

(20th century), American actress * Fay Masterson (born 1974), English actress *

Fay McAlpine Fay McAlpine (born 1964) is a New Zealand designer, typographer and academic at Massey University. She primarily teaches in the visual communication design programme, particularly in the areas of graphic design, with a strong interest in the typog ...

(born 1960), New Zealand designer, typographer and academic at Massey University *

Fay McKay Fay McKay (August 10, 1930 – April 4, 2008) was an American entertainer, best known as a singer of comedic songs. She spent the majority of her career in Las Vegas, Nevada. Born as Fayetta Gelinas in Manchester, New Hampshire, she won the 195 ...

(1930–2008), American entertainer *

Fay McKenzie Eunice Fay McKenzie (February 19, 1918 – April 16, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She starred in silent films as a child, and then sound films as an adult, but perhaps she is best known for her leading roles opposite Gene Autry ...

(1918–2019), American actor *

Fay Moulton Fay R. Moulton (April 7, 1876 – February 19, 1945) was an Olympic Sprint (running), sprinter, American football player and coach, and lawyer. He served as the fifth head football coach at Kansas State Agricultural College, now Kansas State Un ...

(1876–1945), American sprinter *

Fay Na Fay Na was king of the southern Laotian Kingdom of Champasak from 1791 to 1811. He was promoted by King Rama I of Siam Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia ...

(19th century), King of Champasak *

Fay Peck Fay Peck (1931 – 2016) was an American Expressionist artist, known for her oil painting and printmaking. Biography Fay Gunderson was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 7, 1931, to parents Alice Gunderson and Gunnar E. Gunderson. She was of N ...

(1931–2016) was an American

Expressionist Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

artist. *

Fay Presto Fay Presto (born 17 May 1948) is the stage name of Letitia Winter, a British magician and member of The Inner Magic Circle known for her close-up magic. Career Winter's first job was as a lab assistant at an atomic energy research company, an ...

(born 1948), British magician * Fay Ripley (born 1966), English actress *

Fay Rusling Fay Rusling is a British comedy writer and performer, most known for her work in the sketch show ''Smack the Pony'' and the sitcom ''Green Wing''. She has had a working partnership with fellow writer Oriane Messina since 1999. Performer :''Gree ...

(21st century), British comedy writer *

Fay Spain Lona Fay Spain (October 6, 1932 – May 8, 1983) was an American actress in motion pictures and television. Early years Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Fay Spain was the younger of two daughters born to Robert C. Spain and Arminta Frances "Mick ...

(1932–1983), American actress *

Fay Taylour Fay Taylour (5 April 1904 – 2 August 1983), known as Flying Fay, was an Irish motorcyclist in the late 1920s and a champion speedway rider. She switched to racing cars in 1931. She was interned as a fascist during the Second World War. Afte ...

(1904–1983), Irish motorcycle racer *

Fay Templeton Fay Templeton (December 25, 1865 – October 3, 1939) was an American actress, singer, songwriter, and comedian. Her parents were actors/vaudevillians and she followed in their footsteps, making her Broadway debut in 1900. Templeton excelled ...

(1865–1939), American actress *

Fay Thomas Fay Wesley (Scow) Thomas (October 10, 1903 – August 12, 1990) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for four teams from 1927 to 1935. He also pitched for five teams in the Pacific Coast League from 1930 to 1943 and was elected to t ...

(1903–1990), American baseball player * Fay Tincher (1884–1983), American actress * Fay Vincent (born 1938), American film studio executive *

Fay Webb-Gardner Fay Lamar Webb-Gardner (September 7, 1885 – January 16, 1969) was an American political hostess, businesswoman, and philanthropist. As the wife of Oliver Max Gardner, she served as the Second Lady of North Carolina from 1917 to 1923 and as Fi ...

(1885–1969), American political hostess *

Fay Weldon Fay Weldon CBE, FRSL (born Franklin Birkinshaw; 22 September 1931 – 4 January 2023) was an English author, essayist and playwright. Over the course of her 55-year writing career, she published 31 novels, including ''Puffball'' (1980), '' The ...

(1931–2023), English author * Fay Wray (1907–2004), American actress * Fay Zwicky (1933–2017), Australian poet *

Hesba Fay Brinsmead Hesba Fay Brinsmead (''Hesba Fay Hungerford''; 15 March 1922 in Berambing, New South Wales – 24 November 2003 in Murwillumbah) was an Australian author of children's books and an environmentalist. Biography Upbringing Brinsmead's parents, ...

(1922–2003), Australian author *

Melissa Fay Greene Melissa Fay Greene (born December 30, 1952) is an American nonfiction author. A 1975 graduate of Oberlin College, Greene is the author of six books of nonfiction, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a 2011 inductee into the Georgia Writers H ...

(born 1952), American journalist *

Mildred Fay Jefferson Mildred Fay Jefferson (April 6, 1927 – October 15, 2010)

(1927–2010), American physician

Fictional characters

*Fay Marvin, a character in the 1991 American comedy movie ''

What About Bob? ''What About Bob?'' is a 1991 American black comedy film directed by Frank Oz and starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Murray plays Bob Wiley, a troubled patient who follows his self-centered psychotherapist Dr. Leo Marvin (Dreyfuss) on v ...

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