Foy Forename

139,411th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 2,749 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Foy Forename Definition:

A Old French name, meaning: Allegiance.

Foy Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
79%
 
2,2621:160,2736,166
Cameroon
85%
 
2931:73,7564,258
Ireland
67%
 
301:154,7843,255
Malaysia
 
67%
221:1,384,08844,593
Philippines
73%
 
191:5,579,44693,508
Indonesia-161:16,122,729440,799
Thailand
 
56%
141:5,004,70192,981
India
100%
121:101,239,8311,357,349
Canada
100%
111:3,012,12538,520
Australia-101:1,365,76214,367
England
100%
101:5,560,29248,776
Zambia-61:2,642,46623,928
Mexico
100%
41:31,036,10761,748
France-31:22,156,78046,973
South Africa
100%
31:18,177,550242,026
Israel
100%
31:2,800,97324,529
Russia
100%
21:72,116,852125,484
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Italy
100%
21:30,531,04557,596
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Scotland
100%
11:5,350,36624,769
Senegal
100%
11:14,581,35634,505
Nigeria-11:177,564,360489,087
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Wales-11:3,094,30916,222
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Burkina Faso
100%
11:18,379,469100,219
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Egypt
100%
11:91,900,94653,283

Foy (30,339) may also be a surname.

Foy Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Old French name, meaning: Allegiance.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Foy Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foye861,449/
Foyi86421/
Foyz86415/
Foya86183/
Foyo8638/
Foyd8623/
Foyj8617/
Fioy8614/
Fouy8614/
Foyt8610/
Foys868/
Fooy866/
Fuoy861/
Foyé861/
Fohy861/
Fojy861/
Pfoy861/
Fyoy861/
Fo809,724/
Fy808,708/
Foyez7510,571/
Foyaz752,348/
Foyes75431/
Foyoh7533/
Foyah7530/
Foyet7529/
Foyas7528/
Fouya7520/
Fioye7516/
Foyoz7510/
Fuoye759/
Fouyo757/
Fuoya756/
Foyad755/
Foyie754/
Fouye754/
Fojiy753/
Foyed753/
Fioya752/
Foyat752/
Foyht752/
Foyid752/
Foyau752/
Fyoyi751/
Foujy751/
Foyep751/
Foyha751/
Foyij751/
Foyje751/
Foyot751/
Foyst751/
Fouyd751/
Foaya751/
Foiyz751/
Fooyi751/
Wfooy751/
Fioyo751/
Foeye751/
Fhoey751/
Hfoya751/
Hfoyy751/
Fay6775,673/
Foo6719,238/
Foe672,593/
Fos672,218/
Foh671,701/
Foz671,677/
Fio671,401/
Foi671,075/
Fey67874/
Fou67634/
Foj67439/
Voy67426/
Fod67367/
Fot67331/
Fuo67274/
Foa67162/
Fop67111/
Fye6797/
Fho6750/
Fiy6746/
Fyi6737/
Fuy6730/
Fyz6726/
Fyy6716/
Fojaya6713/
Fys6713/
Fyt6713/
Fyh6712/
Wfo6712/
Fyo6710/
Fgo6710/
Fhy6710/
Vfy6710/
Pfo679/
Fyp678/
Hfo678/
Vfo677/
Ffo676/
Hfy676/
Fouyah674/
Ffy673/
Fyd673/
Pfy673/
Fáy672/
Fouyeh672/
Wfy672/
Fyƶ671/
Foujiy671/
Foyesh671/
Fouyad671/
Fouyas671/
Fouyet671/
Foyaia671/
Fooyee671/
Foojiy671/
Foð671/
Foyaya671/
Féo671/

Foy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Foy in the Russian language
Фойfoj-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Foy