Given name
Fady
“a savior”·“a courageous man”
Fady is a variant of Fadi. Interpretations include “a savior” and “a courageous man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fady is a variant of Fadi. Interpretations include “a savior” and “a courageous man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fady is a variant of Fadi. Fadi has been associated with Arabic and Slavic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fady through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 247
- 247 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,491 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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