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?