Given name
Fabiola
“one who grows beans”
Fabiola is a variant of Fabia. In Latin use, Fabia carries the interpretation “one who grows beans.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fabiola is a variant of Fabia. In Latin use, Fabia carries the interpretation “one who grows beans.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Fabiola is a diminutive of Fabius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fabiola through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,429
- 53 boys · 9,376 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 327 babies
- 2025
- 53
- #3,079 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 53 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,079 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 31.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 322 in 1995. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 23,548 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fabiola’s family of names
Fabiola is a diminutive of Fabius. In Spanish usage, Fabiola has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Fabiana. In Spanish usage, Fabiola has a conventional equivalent in the French form Fabienne.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Fabiola
- Fabiola of Belgiumqueen consort of Belgium (1928-2014)
- Fabiola GianottiItalian particle physicist and CERN Director-Generalborn 1960
- Fabiola ZuluagaColombian tennis playerborn 1979
- Saint Fabiolasaint400–399
- Fabíola MolinaBrazilian swimmerborn 1975
- Fabiola GuajardoMexican actress and modelborn 1988
- Fabiola RamosVenezuelan female table tennis playerborn 1977
- Fabiola YáñezFirst Lady of Argentina from 2019 to 2023born 1981
- Fabiola CampomanesMexican actressborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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