Given name & surname
Fain
“filled with joy”
Fain is a variant of Fane. One English interpretation is “filled with joy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fain is a variant of Fane. One English interpretation is “filled with joy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fain is a variant of Fane. An origin associated with Fane is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fain through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 77
- 71 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 9 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 132 as a first name in 2020; 7,498 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.
Fain’s family of names
Fain has a related form in Fane. In English usage, Fain as a surname has a related form in Fayne. In English usage, Fain as a surname has a related form in FEIN.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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