Given name & surname · also Yiddish
Feige
“resembling a bird”
Feige is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a bird.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a bird.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Yiddish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Feige through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 186
- 0 boys · 186 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 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 girls is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 242 as a first name in 2020; 462 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.
Feige’s family of names
Feige has a related form in Fayge. Feige has a related form in Fayge.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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