Fay (given name)

Fay is a primarily feminine English given name meaning fairy. Alternately, it is a diminutive of Faith. It has been in use in English-speaking countries since the 1800s.

It 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 G. Child (1908-1965), American politician and newspaper editor
• Fay Chung (born 1941), Zimbabwean educator
• Fay Compton (1894–1978), English actress
• Fay Coyle (1933–2007), Northern Irish footballer
• Fay Cravens (1872-1955), American politician and newspaper editor
• Fay Crocker (1914–1983), Uruguayan golfer
• Fay Davis (1873–1945), American actress
• Fay Devlin (21st century), Irish footballer
• Fay Dowker (21st century), British theoretical physicist
• Fay Farnum (1888–1977), American mathematician
• 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 Jones (born 1985), British politician
• Fay Kanin (1917–2013), American screenwriter
• Fay Kelton (21st century), Australian actress
• Fay King (American football) (1922–1983), American football player
• Fay King (1889–1???), American cartoonist
• Fay Kleinman (1912–2012), American painter
• Fay Lanphier (1905–1959), American model
• Fay Lemport (20th century), American actress
• Fay Masterson (born 1974), English actress
• Fay McAlpine (born 1960), New Zealand designer, typographer and academic at Massey University
• Fay McKay (1930–2008), American entertainer
• Fay McKenzie (1918–2019), American actor
• Fay Moulton (1876–1945), American sprinter
• Fay Na (19th century), King of Champasak
• Fay Peck (1931–2016) was an American Expressionist artist.
• 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 Webb-Gardner (1885–1969), American political hostess
• Fay Weldon (1931–2023), English author
• Fay Wray (1907–2004), American actress
• Fay Zwicky (1933–2017), Australian poet
• Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003), Australian author
• Melissa Fay Greene (born 1952), American journalist
• Mildred Fay Jefferson (1927–2010), American physician

Fictional characters

• Fay Marvin, a character in the 1991 American comedy movie What About Bob?

See also

• Fay (surname)
• Faye (given name)
• Fay-Ann
• Fay-Cooper

References