Fail

See also: fail, fáil, fàil, and Fäil

English

Etymology

• As a Scottish and Irish surname, shortened from McPhail.
• As a Manx surname, variant of Fayle.
• As a south German surname, from the adjective feil (“for sale”).

Proper noun

Fail (plural Fails)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fail is the 30863^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 754 individuals. Fail is most common among White (82.23%) and Black/African American (13.4%) individuals.

Anagrams

• -afil, alif, fila