Given name
Fidelia
“a faithful woman”
In Latin use, Fidelia carries the interpretation “a faithful woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Latin use, Fidelia carries the interpretation “a faithful woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Fidelia is used as a feminine counterpart of Fidel.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fidelia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 732
- 0 boys · 732 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,369 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,369 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,147 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.
Fidelia’s family of names
Fidelia is a feminine form of Fidel. Fidelia has a related form in Fidelina. Fidelia has a related form in Fides.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Fidellavariant
- Fidelinavariant
- Fidellialikely variant
- Fideliteavariant
- Fidelitievariant
- Fidelitivariant
- Fideliteevariant
- Fideliteyvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
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.
People named Fidelia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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