"Fayle" meaning in All languages combined

See Fayle on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Fayles [plural]
Etymology: * As a Manx surname, reduced variant of McPhail. * As an English, Scottish and Irish surname, variant of Fail. Etymology templates: {{der|en|gv|-}} Manx, {{der|en|ga|-}} Irish Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Fayle (plural Fayles)
  1. A surname.

Inflected forms

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