The fey Surname
fey Name Meaning and History
- English: variant of Fay.
- Southern French: topographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree or beech wood.
- German: nickname for a vagrant, from Middle High German vehe ‘enmity’, ‘strife’.
- German: from a popular medieval pet form of the female personal name Sophie, honored as a martyr and saint.
- Danish: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Finleys/Feys in Cass Co., North Dakota |
 leighcrutch
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| Fey, John A., George, and Nathelia of North Dakota |
leighcrutch
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| ANNA MARIA FEY |
jgolft
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| Anna Maria Fey of MD | Sharon Strout | 9 |
| Fey Family from Arkansas | Stewart Fey | 1 |
| Fey im Kreis Rotenburg/Fulda |
WGFGER
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| Enoch Fey in Brink Cemetery, Horace, North Dakota |
sleuthesthedead
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| Fey in PA - Before 1800 |
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| Fey | WGF | 6 |
| Tina Fey ancestry? |
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