Fei as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Fei

What is the meaning of the name Fei ?

The baby name Fei is a Female name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Pinyin: Fēi (first tone); Mandarin IPA: [feɪ]; English approximation: 'fay'..

Fei is Chinese in Origin.

Fei is a unisex Mandarin given name from multiple Chinese characters, most commonly 飞/飛 “to fly; swift,” 菲 “fragrant; luxuriant,” 斐 “ornate; brilliant,” and 霏 “mist; drifting snow.” Other less-used graphs include 非 “extraordinary; not.” Tone alters meaning: Fēi, Fěi, or Fèi in Pinyin. Because characters differ, the name spans airy, elegant, and floral imagery, with 霏 appearing in the ancient Book of Songs phrase yǔxuě fēifēi “snowfall thick and fine,” and 飞 evoking speed and freedom.

Fei has been used across dynasties and remains common in modern China and the diaspora; it is genuinely unisex, skewing feminine with 菲/霏 and neutral-to-masculine with 飞/斐. Notables include martial artist Wong Fei-hung and model Sun Fei Fei. Variants and forms: Feifei (doubled diminutive), Wang Fei (Faye Wong), romanizations in Wade–Giles as Fei, and in Vietnamese as Phi. Rough English analogues by sound include Faye, though unrelated etymologically.