Fig (family name)
Feige is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
Probably a direct nickname of the fruit name Feige ( Low German Fige , Middle High German vīge , (new) High German Feige ) as a family name for a fig trader or lover.
An origin from and meaning in the sense of today's adjective feige ( Middle Low German vēge , fēge or veige ; Middle High German veic , (new) High German feige ) is possible.
A possible origin of a shortened form of Sophie ( Fey ), possibly a formative ancestor of this name , is also being discussed .
Name bearer
- Auguste Feige (before 1799–1838), German actress and opera singer
- Auguste Feige (1824–1897), German donor, see Auguste Löber
- Axel Feige (* 1988), German musician and singer
- Burkhard Feige (* 1972), German film director and screenwriter
- Gerhard Feige (* 1951), German clergyman, Bishop of Magdeburg
- Hans Feige (1880–1953), German cavalry general
- Jasmin Feige (1959–1988), German athlete
- Johann Feige (Chancellor) (1482–1543), German politician
- Johann Christian Feige (called the Elder ; 1689–1751), German sculptor and carver
- Johann Christian Feige the Younger (1720–1788), German sculptor
- Johann Ferdinand Feige the Elder (1733–1783), German sculptor
- Johann Ferdinand Feige the Younger (1766–1827), German sculptor
- Johann Friedrich Feige (1726–1788), German sculptor
- Johannes Feige (* 1931), German artist
- Karoline Feige (1788–1858), German actress, see Karoline Koppe
- Karl Feige (actor) (1780–1862), German actor and theater director
- Karl Feige (sports scientist) (1905–1992), German sports scientist
- Kevin Feige (* 1973), American film producer and President of Marvel Studios
- Klaus-Dieter Feige (* 1950), German politician
- Marcel Feige (* 1971), German publicist
- Otto Feige (Admiral) (1882–1951), German admiral
- Otto Feige (writer) , real name of B. Traven (1882–1969), German writer
- Saskia Feige (* 1997), German athlete in athletics
- Uriel Feige , Israeli mathematician
- Wilhelm Feige (1911–1969), German politician (KPD)
- Wolfgang Feige (specialist methodologist) (* 1931), German specialist methodologist for civics
- Wolfgang Feige (* 1949), German soccer player