Details for the forename Fay

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Fay (female)


Pet Name for:	Euphemia (F) Faith (F)
Can be spelt:	Fae (F) Faye (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP Personal communication [LH]
Notes:	English, a modern spelling of Fae, a late Victorian name derived from faerie, an old spelling of "fairy". A correspondent [LH] says that Fay is also a popular pet name for Euphemia in the Scottish Highlands.