Fey Family History
Fey Name Meaning
English: variant of Fay . French: habitational name from (Le) Fey the name of several places in northeastern France or a topographic name from someone living by a beech tree or beech wood from Old French faie (from Latin fagus) ‘beech’. German: nickname for a vagrant from Middle High German vēhe ‘enmity strife’. German: from a popular medieval pet form of the female personal name Sophia (see Sofia ). Chinese: variant of Fei .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022