Faigy

A girls’ name of Yiddish origin, meaning bird; a form of Faiga.

Babies a year
118
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2788
9 babies

Faigy by the numbers

In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Faigy. In the US, 118 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 126 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Faigy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Faigabird; a form of Fayge54 in the US (2017)
  • Fairy10 in the US (2017)
  • Feigy8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Faithtrust or belief2,602 in the US (2017)
  • Faizavictorious or successful woman37 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Fraidypious or righteous; informal form of Fraidel41 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a bird

Like Faigy, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
  • Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
  • Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
  • Alondralark; a form of Alondra844 in the US (2017)
  • Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
  • Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Faigy

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