Given name & surname
Fairy
“a tiny mystical being possessing magical powers”
Fairy is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a tiny mystical being possessing magical powers.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a tiny mystical being possessing magical powers.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fairy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,392
- 0 boys · 2,392 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 80 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −67%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 80 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 591 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 85,317 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fairy’s family of names
Fairy has a related form in Faeree. Fairy has a related form in Faerey. Fairy has a related form in Faeri.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 16
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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