Fay

A female given name, form of Faith.

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Fay is a unisex given name, and may refer to:
E. Fay Jones (1921–2004), American architect
Fay Babcock (1895–1970), American film set director
Fay Bainter (1893–1968), American actress
Fay Baker (1917–1987), American actress
Fay B. Begor (1916–1943), American physician
Fay Bellamy Powell (1938–2013), American civil rights activist
Fay Chung (born 1941), Zimbabwean educator
Fay Compton (1894–1978), English actress
Fay Coyle (1933–2007), Northern Irish footballer
Fay Crocker (born 1914), Uruguayan golfer
Fay Davis (1873–1945), American actress
Fay Devlin (21st century), Irish footballer
Fay Dowker (21st century), British theoretical physicist
Fay Gale (1932–2008), Australian cultural geographer
Fay Gillis Wells (1908–2002), American aviator
Fay Godwin (1931–2005), British photographer
Fay Holden (1893–1973), American actress
Fay Holderness (1881–1963), American actor
Fay Kanin (born 1917), American screenwriter
Fay Kelton (21st century), Australian actress
Fay Kleinman (born 1912), American painter
Fay Lanphier (1905–1959), American model
Fay Lemport (20th century), American actress
Fay Masterson (born 1974), English actress
Fay McKay (1930–2008), American entertainer
Fay McKenzie (born 1918), American actor
Fay Moulton (1876–1945), American sprinter
Fay Na (19th century), King of Champasak
Fay Presto (born 1948), British magician
Fay Ripley (born 1966), English actress
Fay Rusling (21st century), British comedy writer
Fay Spain (1932–1983), American actress
Fay Taylour (1904–1983), Irish motorcycle racer
Fay Templeton (1865–1939), American actress
Fay Thomas (1903–1990), American baseball player
Fay Tincher (1884–1983), American actress
Fay Vincent (born 1938), American film studio executive
Fay Weldon (born 1931), English author
Fay Wray (1907–2004), American actress
Fay Zwicky (born 1933), Australian poet
Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003), Australian author
Melissa Fay Greene (born 1952), American journalist
Mildred Fay Jefferson (born 1927), American physician

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"fairy," late 14c., from Old French fae (12c., Modern French fée), from Vulgar Latin *fata "goddess of fate," fem. singular of Latin fata (neuter plural), literally "the Fates" (see fate (n.)). Adjective meaning "homosexual" is attested from 1950s.

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Fairy.

Vera, Faith, Faye

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Fay Wray	1907	Actress
2	Michael P. Fay	1975	American thief
3	Fay Ripley	1966	English actress, television presenter, cookbook author
4	Fay Masterson	1974	English film, television and video-game actress
5	Morgan le Fay
6	Meagen Fay	1957	American actress
7	Dorothy Fay	1915	Actress
8	Fay Spain	1932	American film and television actress
9	Fay Bainter	1893	Actress
10	Fay Vincent	1938	American film studio executive
11	Fay Weldon	1931	English author, essayist and playwright
12	Fay McKenzie	1918	American actress
13	Fay Dowker	1965	British physicist
14	Fay Nabila
15	Guillaume Dufay	1397	Netherlandish Renaissance composer
16	Bill Fay	2000	British singer
17	Fay Stender	1932	American lawyer
18	Fay Compton	1894	Actress
19	Fay Godwin	1931	British photographer
20	Fay Templeton	1865	American actress and singer
21	Fay Holden	1893	American actress
22	Nathalie Fay		American actor
23	Gemma Fay	1981	Scottish footballer
24	Letitia Winter	1948	British magician
25	Fay Ajzenberg-Selove	1926	Physicist
26	Fay Chung	1941	Zimbabwean politician
27	Fay Kanin	1917	American screenwriter, playwright and producer, born 1917.
28	Fay Helm	1909	Actress
29	Fay Baker	1917	American actress, novelist
30	Fay Bellamy Powell	1938	African-American civil rights activist
31	Michael Fay	1949	New Zealand banker
32	Paul B. Fay	1918	American politician
33	Charles François de Cisternay du Fay	1698	French chemist
34	Fay Jones	1936	American artist
35	Sidney Bradshaw Fay	1876	American historian
36	Fay Lanphier	1905	Miss America winner
37	Fai D. Flowright		Fictional character
38	Fay Roope	1893	American actor
39	Fay Boozman	1946	American politician
40	J. Michael Fay	1956	American ecologist
41	Fay Maschler	1945	Restaurant critic
42	Martin Fay	1936	Irish musician
43	Fay Hartog-Levin	1948	65th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
44	Fay Hield	1978	English folk singer
45	Mary Fay	1998	Curler
46	Fay Holderness	1881	American actress
47	Larry Fay	1888	American businessman
48	Anna Eva Fay	1851	American spiritual medium
49	Michael D. Fay		United States Marine, War artist
50	Peter T. Fay	1929	American judge
51	Isabel Fay	1979	British actress
52	William Fay	1872	Irish actor and theatre producer
53	Monika Elšíková	1968	Czech director, writer and documentator
54	Francis B. Fay	1793	American politician
55	Fay Zwicky	1933	Australian poet and academic
56	Fay Wolf	1978	American entertainer
57	Fay McKay	1930	Singer
58	Amy Fay	1844	Pianist and memoirist/chronicler
59	Fay Crocker	1914	Professional golfer
60	Fay Elizabeth Davis	1916	American artist
61	Peter W. Fay	1924	American historian
62	Annabel Fay	1987	New Zealand singer
63	Fay Gillis Wells	1908	American aviator
64	Fay Fuller	1869	American journalist and mountaineer
65	Sam Fay	1856	British engineer
66	Brad Fay	1964	Canadian sportscaster
67	Fay Rusling		British comedy writer
68	Albert Bel Fay	1913	American diplomat
69	Fay Coyle	1933	Northern Irish footballer
70	George Fay		United States general
71	Fred Fay	1944	American activist
72	Jay Fay	1993	American disc jockey
73	Fay Moulton	1876	Athletics and American football competitor
74	Darren Fay	1976	Gaelic football player
75	Stanley Fay	1910	American football player
76	Fay Kellogg	1871	American architect
77	Fay Tincher	1884	American comedy actress
78	Eliza Fay	1756	British writer
79	Faith Fay	1984	Hawaiian actor
80	Michael Francis Fay	1960	Botanist and geneticist
81	Fay Taylour	1904	Irish motorcycle racer
82	Hilda Fay		Actress
83	Fay Muller	1933	Australian tennis player
84	Fay Gale	1932	Australian geographer
85	Maura Fay	1958	Australian casting director
86	Ming Fay	1943	Sculptor
87	Fay Devlin		Gaelic footballer
88	James H. Fay	1899	American politician
89	Fay Kelton		Australian actress
90	Charles Ernest Fay	1846	American alpinist and educator
91	Fay Kleinman	1912	American artist
92	Fay Chong	1912	American painter
93	Frank Fay	1870	Irish actor
94	Fay Babcock	1895	American set decorator
95	Theodore Sedgwick Fay	1807	United States writer and diplomat
96	Fay Chiang		Asian American poet, writer and visual artist
97	Fay Na	1800	King of Champasak
98	David Fay	1761	American Judge and militia officer
99	Holly Fay		Canadian artist and painter
100	John D. Fay	1815	Erie Canal Commissioner
101	Wilhelm Fay	1911	German politician
102	Fay Davis	1872	American actress
103	Fay Thomas	1903	American baseball player
104	Julie Alix de la Fay	1748	Belgian ballet dancer
105	Fay Miller	1947	Australian politician
106	Maude Fay	1878	Singer
107	Fay Claassen	1969	Dutch singer
108	Fay Marles
109	Fay B. Begor	1916	American physician
110	Hanns Fay	1888	German painter
111	Edgar Fay	1908	British judge
112	Alberto Fay	1948	Footballer
113	Jonathan Fay	1966	American computer scientist
114	Garrick Fay	1948
115	John Fay	1773	American politician
116	Kery Fay	1989	German singer
117	Jean Nicolas Seroux de Fay	1742
118	Jean de Fay
119	Allen Faye	1895	American football tight end
120	Temple Fay	1895	American neurologist
121	Fay Jackson	1894	Canadian politician
122	Fay Lemport		American actress
123	Rick Fay	1926	American musician
124	Victor Fay	1903	French politician
125	Fay Morgan Taylor	1909	American artist
126	Charles Ryle Fay	1884	Economic historian
127	Fay Alexander	1924	Stunt man/circus acrobat
128	Ricky Fay	1974	English cricketer
129	Charles Joseph Fay
130	Edwin Whitfield Fay	1865	American philologist
131	Fay Marvin Clark	1907	American politician
132	Fay Oliver Farwell	1859
133	Frank B. Fay	1821	American politician
134	Fay Allen Des Portes	1890	American diplomat
135	Wallace M. Fay		American politician
136	Eliphaz Fay	1797	American academic administrator
137	Fay Toyne	1943	Australian tennis player
138	Joseph Fay	1753	American politician and businessman
139	Léontine Fay	1810	French actress
140	James Bernard Fay	1947	Canadian politician
141	Fay Marbe	1899	American actress
142	Charles de Faultrier du Fay		French soldier
143	Georges Fay	1871	French painter (1871-1916)
144	Patrice Fay		French actor
145	Nicolas Fay	1769	French catholic priest and cleric
146	Fay Bound Alberti
147	Henry Fay	1835	American politician
148	Kate Fay
149	Ted Fay	1911	Australian rules footballer
150	Fay Potton	1976	British biathlete
151	Julian Le Fay	1965
152	Hugh Fay	1882	American actor
153	John David Fay
154	Percival Bradshaw Fay	1890	American romanist and medievalist
155	Fay King
156	Fay Allen		Los Angeles teacher
157	Hans Heinrich Theodor Fay	1882	Norwegian jurist
158	Delia Bartlett Fay		Union nurse during the American Civil War
159	Emma Fay
160	Jean du Fay	1397
161	Jean Fay	1906
162	Jonas Fay
163	Craig Fay	1992
164	Márton Fay
165	Patrick Fay
166	Charles-Alexandre Fay	1827	French officer
167	Fay Foster	1886	American composer