Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Fey isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 135
- 0 boys · 135 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 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 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 315 as a first name in 2020; 3,427 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.
Fey’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Fey, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Feyisayo
>99% girls
Mahoganey
“resembling the rich, dark wood”
>99% girls
Darbey
“of the deer park”
>99% girls
Kialey
>99% girls
Emane
>99% girls
Phung
Phung is a surname from Vietnamese, ultimately from Chinese. It is used in English, French, and Indonesian.
9% boys · 91% girls
Breeley
>99% girls
Cheyann
“unintelligible speaker”
>99% girls