The baby name Foi is a Female name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced French: /fwa/ (fwah); Anglicized: /fɔɪ/ (foy).
Foi is French in Origin.
The baby name Foi is a Female name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced French: /fwa/ (fwah); Anglicized: /fɔɪ/ (foy).
Foi is French in Origin.
Foi is a rare virtue name drawn from French foi 'faith', ultimately from Latin fides. In medieval Gaul, the cult of the young martyr Saint Faith of Agen (Latin Fides; French Sainte Foy; Spanish Santa Fe) popularized the concept-name across Europe, and early Christians sometimes bore Fides as a given name. Modern use of Foi remains uncommon, appearing occasionally in Francophone and international contexts as a sleek alternative to English Faith; in French it is pronounced roughly 'fwah'.
Related forms and cognates include Fides (Latin), Faith (English), Foy (a medieval French form also found as a surname and occasional given name), Fe or Santa Fe (Spanish and Catalan), and Fé (Portuguese). Italian has Fede as a diminutive-style given name. Variant spellings such as Foi, Foy, and Foye occur, and the name is typically feminine but can read as unisex in contemporary usage.
Foi is seldom given. In all, it turns up just 52 times, across 22 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #263 | 1 | 7,056 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #351 | 1 | 5,378 |
| BR | 0 | #360 | 1 | 5,969 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #423 | 2 | 15,987 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #782 | 4 | 12,213 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #914 | 2 | 14,098 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,000 | 2 | 16,906 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,012 | 3 | 25,931 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,069 | 4 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,175 | 8 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,198 | 2 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,231 | 4 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Foi is popular in 22 countries — most recent births per country:
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