Given name
Fadila
“a virtuous woman”
Fadila is a variant of Fadhiler. One Arabic interpretation is “a virtuous woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fadila is a variant of Fadhiler. One Arabic interpretation is “a virtuous woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fadila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 0 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 438 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.
Fadila’s family of names
Fadila has a related form in Fadhiler.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
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 Fadila
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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