A surname meaning 'to spend', from the ancient state of Fei.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China47
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write75
9 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
Fei Xiaotong — Sociologist and anthropologist (1910–2005), pioneer of Chinese rural studies.
Fei Yi — A statesman of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, he succeeded Zhuge Liang and governed the state with wisdom, but was assassinated in 253.
Fei Mu — A pioneering Chinese film director, best known for his 1948 masterpiece 'Spring in a Small Town', considered one of the greatest Chinese films.