Given name & surname
Fifi
“having dancing eyes”·“having great wisdom and foresight”
Fifi is a variant of Fife. One American interpretation is “having dancing eyes.” In French use, Fifi is a diminutive of Sophie. One Greek interpretation is “having great wisdom and foresight.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fifi is a variant of Fife. One American interpretation is “having dancing eyes.” In French use, Fifi is a diminutive of Sophie. One Greek interpretation is “having great wisdom and foresight.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fifi is a variant of Fife. An origin associated with Fife is American. In French use, Fifi is a diminutive of Sophie. An origin associated with Sophie is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Fifi is a diminutive of Sophie.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fifi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 141
- 0 boys · 141 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 10 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 9 in 1974. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 452 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fifi’s family of names
Fifi is an affectionate form of Josephine. Fifi has a related form in Fife. In French usage, Fifi is a diminutive of Sophie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Fifi has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
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.
People named Fifi
- Fifi MukunaCongolese draughtspersonborn 1968
- Fifi AbdouEgyptian actressborn 1953
- Fifi D'Orsayfilm actress (1904-1983)
- Fifi YoungIndonesian actress1914–1975
- Fifi EjinduNigerian businesswoman, architect, princessborn 1962
- Fifi Masuka SainiCongolese politician, interim governor of Lualababorn 1967
- Fifi CooperSouth African rapperborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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