Given name & surname
Fe
“having a belief and trust in God”
Fe is a variant of Faith. One English interpretation is “having a belief and trust in God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fe is a variant of Faith. One English interpretation is “having a belief and trust in God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fe is a variant of Faith. An origin associated with Faith is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 115
- 0 boys · 115 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −60%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,290 as a first name in 2020; 183 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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