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Help[Opinions] Faye, Fay, or Fae
Which and why?
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Faye, as it just looks the nicest and most complete to me.
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Faye - I've only seen it spelled that way and it looks the nicest.
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Faye.
Fay doesn't look as much like a woman's name, and Fae doesn't seem like a name at all.
Fay doesn't look as much like a woman's name, and Fae doesn't seem like a name at all.
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Fay. I think it's the prettiest.
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Faye.
It just looks the most 'complete' to me. I also have a close friend who spells it this way so it is the most familiar to me.
It just looks the most 'complete' to me. I also have a close friend who spells it this way so it is the most familiar to me.
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I like all three and don't have a strong preference, but I think I'd go with Fay. It's a straightforward spelling, and Fay looks cleaner than Faye. The word "fae" means refers to multiple fairies. I don't dislike Fae for that reason, but Fay just makes more sense.
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I say Faye because it looks the most complete.
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I'd choose Faye,
Fay looks incomplete to me and Fae looks fanciful, like "the fae" and "faeries".
Fay looks incomplete to me and Fae looks fanciful, like "the fae" and "faeries".
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Definitely Fay. I love Fay. Faye is too heavy and makes me think of an old lady. Fay is a young girl. Fae is too cutesy for some reason. I like it about as much as Faye, it's definitely not worse than Faye.
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Personally, I enjoy the playfulness of Fae.
I usually use it as a nickname for Frances, which "grounds" the airy Fae, if you know what I mean.
My second choice would be Faye. Something about the '-e' at the end makes it seem more complete. It reminds me of Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables, who took pride in the extra '-e' at the end of her first name...
I like Fay, too, though...
I usually use it as a nickname for Frances, which "grounds" the airy Fae, if you know what I mean.
My second choice would be Faye. Something about the '-e' at the end makes it seem more complete. It reminds me of Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables, who took pride in the extra '-e' at the end of her first name...
I like Fay, too, though...
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Fay.
Because this is what I believe to be the "true" spelling and the most phonetically correct. Names that rhyme with Fay I tend to prefer spelt "_ay" with the exception of Rae on a girl.
Because this is what I believe to be the "true" spelling and the most phonetically correct. Names that rhyme with Fay I tend to prefer spelt "_ay" with the exception of Rae on a girl.
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