Given name & surname

Faby

Faby is a unisex given name from French. It is used in French.

Original FrenchFabien

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Faby comes from French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In French usage, Faby is a diminutive of Fabienne. In French usage, Faby is a diminutive of Fabien.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Faby through the years

Babies since 1880
10
0 boys · 10 girls
Most popular year
2015
5 babies
2025
5
#15,658 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012342025Highest share 20253.1
Faby in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2015–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,658 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 145 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Faby’s family of names

In French usage, Faby is a diminutive of Fabienne. In French usage, Faby is a shortened form of Fabien. In French usage, Faby is a shortened form of Fabienne.

Walk Faby’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

People named Faby

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

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Sibling ideas

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