Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faye

/fˈeɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: faye
IPA: /fˈeɪ/

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name, variant of Fay.

name

Example Sentences

"Ten years ago, shortly before her sister married her husband, Bobby Gow, she announced to the family that she did not want to be known as Faith any longer; henceforward her name was to be Faye."
"Judge Merrilee Ehrlich was seen in video of the April 15 court appearance yelling at Sandra Faye Twiggs. The 59-year-old was in court on a simple battery charge after a dispute over a fan at her home in Lauderhill."

Etymology

* (surname): Borrowed from French Faye or other languages.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Fayes (plural)

Homonyms

fe

Rhymes With

they way may day say one-way away play today pay stay re

Questions

How do you pronounce faye?: The recorded pronunciation is /fˈeɪ/.
What does faye mean?: A female given name, variant of Fay.
Where does faye come from?: * (surname): Borrowed from French Faye or other languages.

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