MEANING & HISTORY
What does Fe mean?
Fe is a Spanish virtue name with the direct meaning faith. Its older Latin source is fides, rather than an expansion of the two letters as initials.
The short spelling is a complete personal name in the consulted name dictionary. It also appears independently in the Philippine-linked name evidence retained here; that documentary use is separate from the word’s European history.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
People with the name Fe
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Maria Fe Abunda
Filipino politician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Maria Fe Abunda
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Fe in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Fe
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Febe·Bright or pure; form of Greek Phoebe
- Fely♀Respelling of Feli, familiar form of Felicidad
- Felix♂Happy, fortunate or lucky
- Félix♂Happy or fortunate
- Feling♀Familiar form of Felisa or Felicidad
- Felipa·Feminine of Philip: friend of horses
- Felipe♂Fond of horses
- Felisa♀Feminine form of Félix; happy or fortunate
What rhymes with Fe?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Fe
3 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Fe further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q26252219 — Fe (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Maria Fe Abunda (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q26252219 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Behind the Name — Fe (opens in a new tab)
Consulted exact-name relationship or linked etymological account, 2026-10-25; see the individual explanation for the supported chain.