About the Fey Surname

Fey is a spelling of the Irish surname Fay. The family name meaning is “Beech tree”, the same as for Fay.

Heraldry and the Fey name

Arms linked to Fay and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

A variant of Fay

Records show Fey as one of the forms Fay took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Fey surname had 3,588 bearers. INSEE counts 1,470 people born in France with the Fey surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1951–1960. Research your Fey family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.