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Fei

girl name
Origin
Cantonese
Syllables
1
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

fragrant, luxuriant (菲); famously borne by singer Faye Wong (王菲), whose English stage name Faye is a phonetic echo of Fei

Popularity, 1890–2024

Fei does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.

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Popularity in Brazil

20 people · the #124,180 first name in Brazil · median age 34

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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The Fei deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Fei truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Fei fits with your family’s names and surname.

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