Given name & surname
Fai
“of the beginning; a bright light”
Fai is used as a given name and a surname. One Chinese interpretation is “of the beginning; a bright light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Chinese interpretation is “of the beginning; a bright light.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Chinese.
Fai’s family of names
Fai has a related form in Fay. In Greek usage, Fai as a surname is a transliteration of Φάη.
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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