Retta Faye as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Retta Faye

What is the meaning of the name Retta Faye ?

The baby name Retta Faye is a Female name , 21 syllables long and is pronounced {'Retta': 'RET-uh (/ˈrɛtə/)', 'Faye': 'FAY (/feɪ/)'}.

Retta Faye is French in Origin.

Retta Faye blends the brisk charm of “Retta,” a short form of Loretta - an Italian diminutive of Laura from Latin laurus “laurel” - and sometimes a nickname for Henrietta or Margaretta. “Faye” is an English given name from Middle English faie/Old French fae, ultimately Latin fata “the Fates,” giving the sense “fairy, enchanted.” As a combined name, it poetically reads as “laurel-crowned fairy” or “victorious fairy.”

The elements rose in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the U.S.; double-barreled pairings like Retta Faye were favored in the American South and Midwest through the 1930s–60s, giving the name a vintage, homespun charm. Variant spellings include Rhetta or Reta; for the second element, Faye, Fay, or Fae; hyphenation (Retta-Faye) appears in records. Related longer forms include Loretta, Henrietta, and Margaretta.

⚙ We have no record of Retta Faye in any national birth registry or name dataset. That's typically a sign of a rare name, a regional or traditional one, or a modern coinage. Either way, it's a name very few children share.