Save Type Surname (from given name & from location) Usage German Pronounced Pron. /ˈfaɪ̯ɡə/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Either a topographic name for someone who lived by a fig tree or metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of figs from Middle High German vīge (Old High German figa from Latin ficus). Or from Fey a short form of the personal name Sophia.