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Foye
How to Pronounce Foye
Pronounced FOY /ΛfΙΙͺ/Medium
Meaning: Foye is mainly a family surname used as an early-twentieth-century given name. The Foy and Foye surnames are commonly linked to the Old French 'foi,' meaning faith, sometimes taken as a devotional byname, and in other cases to a French or Irish place name. Its use as a first name reflects the old custom of turning a surname into one.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Foye comes to first-name use from the Foy or Foye surname, a name usually linked to the Old French 'foi,' faith, and sometimes to a place of the same name. Early in the twentieth century American families often lifted such surnames into given names, and Foye is a small, one-syllable example of that habit.
Foye was never common in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its faint peak around 1916, in the era when surname-names were quietly fashionable. A woman named Foye then would be well past a hundred now.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Foye mean?
It is chiefly the Foy surname used as a first name, usually traced to the Old French 'foi,' faith, or to a place name.
How do you pronounce Foye?
It is said FOY /ΛfΙΙͺ/, a single syllable.
Is Foye a boy or girl name?
Foye is used here as a girl's name.
How popular is Foye?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid-nineteen-tens.