Fun Facts About the Name Faydra
- 174 babies named Faydra: U.S. records list 174 babies given the name Faydra from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Faydra Mean?
Faydra is an English respelling of Phaedra, a name from Greek meaning "bright" or "radiant." The Greek form is Φαίδρα (Phaidra), a feminine name related to the adjective φαιδρός (phaidros), "bright, cheerful, radiant." The Latinized form Phaedra is the form that passed into English. Faydra does not have a separate Greek root; its spelling reflects an English pronunciation of the Phaedra name rather than a different etymology.
Faydra Name History & Origins
Phaedra is the name of a figure in Greek myth, a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë and the wife of Theseus. Her story is best known from Euripides' tragedy Hippolytus, and it was later treated by Seneca in Phaedra and by Racine in Phèdre. The Latin spelling Phaedra carried the name into English literary and given-name use.
Faydra is a later English respelling rather than an ancient Greek form. It keeps the -dra ending of Phaedra but uses the English spelling Fay- for the first syllable, matching the pronunciation FAY-druh. Its history is therefore tied to Phaedra as a variant spelling, not to a separate classical or mythological tradition.
How Popular is the Name Faydra?
Faydra has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1970. Its best rank was #4,110 in 1970.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #18,043 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #15,182 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #14,149 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #11,854 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #11,278 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #11,885 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #7,307 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #7,796 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #10,789 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #9,584 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #10,916 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #8,420 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #8,308 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #6,558 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1977 | #6,012 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1975 | #9,523 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1974 | #7,129 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #5,293 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #4,613 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1971 | #4,903 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #4,110 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1969 | #5,601 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #4,883 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Faydra Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are kind, home-loving, hospitable and friendly. Since you take responsibility well, you are a good organizer of social affairs. Compassion for others is an outstanding trait. You are a great lover and a great flirt – an artist, musician, actor, teacher, nurse. Your character can be contradictory. You are practical, yet idealistic and intuitive; capable of selfless devotion to someone you love, yet look to receive payback. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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