Fe
Meaning
faith (Spanish). Anchor of the beloved sister trio Fe, Esperanza, and Caridad, faith, hope, and charity, a classic Filipino Catholic pattern for naming daughters. One syllable that reads instantly in Spanish, Tagalog, and English. Across Brazil it doubles as Fê, the affectionate short of Fernanda
The formal names behind Fe
Fe is an established short form of this name.
Fernanda · Spanish origin · Spanish feminine form of Ferdinand; the Germanic elements are debated, with boldness only one traditional interpretation
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Fe has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
200 people · the #25,399 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 70
Among people named Fe living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Fe deep dive
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