Faigy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FAY-gee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,272 for girls
Faigy is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bird”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 1,272nd for girls in the US (176 babies).
What does Faigy mean?
Germanic: Yiddish pet form of Faiga
“bird”
A pet form of Faiga, the Yiddish name traditionally paired with Hebrew Tziporah, 'bird'.
Is Faigy a girl's or a boy's name?
Faigy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 176 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Faigy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Faigy, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Faigy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were given Faigy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
- Faigy 9
- Feigy 8
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Faigy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
How popular is Faigy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,272among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 176about 1 in 9,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 176 girls in the US were named Faigy, making it the 1,272nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,422nd. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had the most girls named Faigy of any year since it first appeared, in 1958.
Half of all the girls named Faigy in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 181 girls in the US were given Faigy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,123, up from #1,272 for this spelling alone.
- Faigy 176
- Feigy 5
Faigy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 176 | #1,272 |
| 2024 | 138 | #1,546 |
| 2023 | 171 | #1,324 |
| 2022 | 172 | #1,355 |
| 2021 | 116 | #1,760 |
| 2020 | 153 | #1,422 |
| 2019 | 138 | #1,560 |
| 2018 | 125 | #1,672 |
| 2017 | 124 | #1,716 |
| 2016 | 126 | #1,693 |
| 2015 | 109 | #1,872 |
| 2014 | 116 | #1,774 |
| 2013 | 118 | #1,744 |
| 2012 | 94 | #2,047 |
| 2011 | 103 | #1,927 |
| 2010 | 89 | #2,185 |
| 2009 | 89 | #2,204 |
| 2008 | 88 | #2,234 |
| 2007 | 97 | #2,085 |
| 2006 | 89 | #2,165 |
| 2005 | 81 | #2,238 |
| 2004 | 78 | #2,237 |
| 2003 | 74 | #2,279 |
| 2002 | 76 | #2,175 |
| 2001 | 93 | #1,868 |
| 2000 | 79 | #2,072 |
| 1999 | 57 | #2,498 |
| 1998 | 57 | #2,426 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 56 | #2,337 |
| 1995 | 51 | #2,481 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 45 | #2,671 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
Names like Faigy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Faigy
Names related to Faigy
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Faigy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/faigy, updated 20 October 2026.