Feig

See also: feig

English

Proper noun

Feig (plural Feigs)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Feig is the 27974^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 857 individuals. Feig is most common among White (93.47%) individuals.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German vīge, but probably influenced by Modern German Feige. The expected Luxembourgish outcome would be *Fei (cf. Gei form gīge), a form which indeed prevails in Moselle Franconian on the German side.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɑɪ̯ɕ]

Noun

Feig f (plural Feigen)

1. (dialectal, eastern, now dated) alternative form of Fig (“fig”)