Faithe
Feminine · “faith”
Faithe adds a silent letter to an ordinary English abstract noun. The word itself comes from a Latin one that Rome took seriously enough to build a temple to — and to use that temple as a filing cabinet.
How old is the name Faithe?
Faithe first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Faithe alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 700 people named Faithe are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Faithe most popular?
Faithe peaked in 1945, reaching #3132 nationally. See the whole 1945 chart.
Where it comes from
From fides to Faithe
The story of Faithe
Rome personified the keeping of promises and gave her a temple on the Capitol, and what was kept there was not relics but documents: treaties with other states, and records of agreements, stored under the protection of the thing they depended on. The priests who served her covered their right hands with white cloth to sacrifice, because the right hand was the hand you gave on a bargain — the handshake as a binding act is older than any of the modern countries that use it. The Roman conception was practical rather than devotional. Fides meant that an agreement held because both sides expected it to, and a state that broke its word lost something real. The English word has drifted a long way toward belief and away from reliability, which is a change in the word rather than in the idea; the older sense survives in phrases like in good faith and in bad faith.
Meaning
faith; trust kept
From the Latin fides, which meant good faith in the practical sense of keeping one's word, and which also gives English fidelity, confide, perfidy, affidavit and fiancé. The added e at the end of this spelling is silent and carries nothing.
How the name formed
- fides
- feid
- Faith
- Faithe
Related forms: Foy · Fe · Fede
Pronouncing Faithe
FAYTH
One syllable. The added e is silent and does not lengthen anything, because the vowel was already long; it marks the word as a name and nothing else.
Nicknames for Faithe
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1918
- Most girls named
- 200222 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3132reached in 1945
- Change vs 2021
- −16.7%5 in 2024, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Faithe in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Foy in French — related form
- Fe in Spanish — related form
- Fede in Italian — related form
Faithes among us
people named Faithe are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Faithe sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The sound is an ordinary English word, so nobody has to be taught it.
- One syllable is quick, clear and carries across a room.
- The meaning is plain and needs no explaining in any setting.
- Faith is overwhelmingly the standard spelling and this will be corrected constantly.
- The added letter is silent, so the spelling must be given aloud every time.
- It is an abstract noun, and some bearers find that a lot to carry.
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Frequently asked
- How many Faithes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Faithe are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Faithe in 2025?
- Faithe is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Faithe with classmates?
- Faithe will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with F, all years combined.
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