Fyffe as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Fyffe

What is the meaning of the name Fyffe ?

The baby name Fyffe is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced FIFE (IPA: /faɪf/).

Fyffe is Scottish in Origin.

Fyffe derives from the Scottish place-name Fife, from Scottish Gaelic Fiobh (earlier Pictish Fib), one of the ancient Pictish provinces. As a locational surname it meant "person from Fife" or "of Fife," tying the bearer to the historic kingdom on Scotland’s east coast associated with the mormaers and later the Earls of Fife.

Adopted as a given name in the 19th century within Scotland and the wider English-speaking world, Fyffe follows the surname-as-first-name tradition and remains rare, used for boys and increasingly unisex. Spelling variants include Fife and Fyfe; related surnames sometimes seen are Fyffes and Fifer. Some families connect the name to the musical fife (via French fifre), yielding an occupational nuance "fifer," though the standard origin is toponymic. Meaning: "from Fife; of Fiobh."

⚙ Fyffe barely registers. Across 1 country, we found just 1 recorded use of it.