Fā
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Fā is a given name used for both men and women, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country.
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 19K(inferred from the name graph)
- EGEgypt≈1 in 394K
- TNTunisia≈1 in 23K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Algeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 41 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,300 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Algeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Fa in EG Egypt, DZ Algeria, MA Morocco and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)de phaeine, lumineuse. aa Faïa est son diminutif. Fêtes : 18 (31) mai, 28 mai (11 juin). Phanie est son équivalent français. Fête : 18 mai. 130
Cited for this meaning 7
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Russian Names
- 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
- Chinese Surnames Dictionary (Section 1)
- Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Fā counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DZ Algeria | #221 | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Fa | 13 |
| US United States | — | 775 | 1 in 429K | 446 | Fa | 41 |
| TN Tunisia | #369 | ≈500 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Fa | 11 |
| MA Morocco | — | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 98K | — | Fa | 15 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 394K | — | Fa | 38 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 64 | 1 in 270K | 36 | — | 4 |
| LY Libya | #848 | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 280K | — | Fa | 7 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Fā is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Samoan, four
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Tongan, kind of pandanus which sends down shoots from the branches to the ground
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Samoan, fish (Megalops sp.) found in marshes and river mouths
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Samoan, stalk, stem of taro, banana, and certain other plants
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Tongan, (of a river) to overflow, be in flood
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Chinese, Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傠
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Ouyang Fab. 1040Song dynasty person CBDB=7308
- King Wu of Zhoub. 1150CNnot in their usual namefounder of China's Zhou dynasty
- Danny Pang Fatb. 1965CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong screenwriter and film director
- Fa of Xia16th Chinese king of Xia Dynasty
- Huang FaMing dynasty person CBDB = 317668
- Yang FaCNTang dynasty person CBDB = 22496
- Miao FaTang dynasty person CBDB = 93671
- Wang FaSong dynasty person CBDB = 36862
- Zhai FaMing dynasty person CBDB = 325576
- Zhang FaMing dynasty person CBDB = 130537
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- Is Fā a male or female name?
- Fā is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Fā have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Fā in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fa.
- How common is the name Fā?
- In the United States, the national register counted 775 people named Fā in 2020, about 1 in 429 thousand residents.
- How common is Fā compared with other names?
- In Algeria, Fā is the 221st most common given name of 27,215 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fā” — the 221st most common given name in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.