Given name & surname
Fedele
Fedele is used as a given name and a surname. Fedele is connected with Fidel.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Italian use, Fedele shares an earlier linguistic root with Fidel. An origin associated with Fidel is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian use, Fedele is used as a form of Fidel.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fedele through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 21 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 6 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 boys is 6 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 103 as a first name in 2020; 1,819 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fedele’s family of names
In Italian usage, Fedele shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Fidel. In Italian usage, Fedele has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Fidelis. Fedele has a related form in Fidel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Fedele has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fedele
- Fedele FenaroliItalian composer and music theorist1730–1818
- Fedele GentileItalian actor (1908-1993)
- Fedele LamperticoItalian economist and historian (1833-1906)
- Fedele ConfalonieriItalian manager (born 1937)
- Fedele FischettiItalian painter (1732-1792)
- Fedele De GiorgisItalian general of the Kingdom of Italy1886–1964
- Fedele TirritoItalian painter (1717-1801)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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