Entry № 3208 · Yiddish origin

Faiga Faiga — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ FIE-gah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Yiddish
Meaning
"Bird"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Yiddish)

A name that means "bird".

Faiga (פֿייגע) is the Yiddish word for "bird" — a beloved traditional Ashkenazi feminine name, often paired with Tzipora (Hebrew bird).

Used widely in Yiddish-speaking communities.

Bird in Yiddish. The Ashkenazi.

The name in its native script.

פֿייגע
Transliteration
Fayge
Pronunciation
/ ˈfaɪ.ɡə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Faiga stands.

Faiga does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Faigas before her.

Real people
Faiga
Common Yiddish name.
In fiction
Faiga
Common in Yiddish fiction.

Names connected to Faiga.

The number behind Faiga.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Faiga reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.