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In _Fairy Tail_ , the guild is named "Fairy Tail". While there does seem to be
a range of ethnicities within the names (Natsu vs. Lucy), it just seems like
an odd misspelling of "fairy _tale_ ", which is a very specific thing that
seems to be totally unrelated to the guild itself.

What is the in-universe reason given for that being the name of the guild, if
there is a reason given?


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What is the in-universe reason for the name "Fairy Tail"?


From Makarov's history based on
[Wikia](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Makarov_Dreyar):

> The guild was named 'Fairy Tail' as the eternal mystery behind whether
> fairies had tails or not, or if they even existed, was like an eternal
> adventure.

So I guess the guild's (Fairy Tail's) purpose is to have a great adventure as
if they are solving the mysteries about fairies.


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The guild's first master Mavis loved the idea of fairies and often wondered if
they had tails. This is mentioned in _Fairy Tail Zero_.


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My personal theory is that it represents Mavis's search for the faeries with
Zera.

In one scene of _Fairy Tail Zero_ , Zera and Mavis are talking, and Mavis
points out that Zera's hair looks like tails. To also explain another idea
about the faeries, when Zera "disappeared" and they hugged in the pond, it
looked like there's a little ball of light -- a fairy. And when Zera
disappeared and Mavis was crying, it looked like Zera turned into a group of
faeries. When Warrod, Yuri, and Precht heard her voice, it looked like a
faerie was flying past them.


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Adding on to what other people that say about "Fairy Tail" means "endless
adventures and mysteries", I also believe Mavis also meant the name was based
of on Zera.

In _Fairy Tail Zero_ , Mavis started to form a guild at the place (Magnolia)
where Zera's dad and the Red Lizards guild have all been executed. Mavis
wanted to help the village to fulfill Zera's dream, by starting a new guild
with a name related to her. There was a scene where Mavis pointed out about
Zera's hair looking like two tails and that Zera said that fairies would
always be in Mavis' heart and where did Zera go? Right back into her heart,
referring Zera as the fairy with tails.

Now that you might have thought about it, Zera might actually been the fairy
Mavis has always been looking for.


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