Fidelia
About Fidelia
Fidelia stems from the Latin word Fides, meaning faith. It has the some root as the English word fidelity. Fidelia gained popularity in the mid-19th Century after Beethoven's opera "Fidelio" gave this name cultural and virtuous significance.
Pronounced fih-DEL-yuh.
As of October 2026, Fidelia ranked #10369 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #782 in 1880.
Editor's take: The name Fidelia is a girl's name meaning "faithful".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Fidelia on lists
Famous Fidelias
- Fidelia Bridges
American artist
- Fidelia Ann Hoscott Smith Fielding
American Mohegan language educator, last native speaker of the Mohegan Pequot language
- Ana Fidelia Quirot (Moré
) Cuban Olympic runner
- Fidelia Fiske
American Congregationalist missionary
Fidelia in pop culture
- Fidelia (Faith)
character in Spenser's The Faerie Queene, sister of Speranza (Hope) and Charissa (Charity)
- Fidelia
character in William Wycherley's "The Plain Dealer"
- Fidelia
character in opera "Edgar" by Giacomo Puccini
- Fidelia Lennox
main character in "How Fidelia Went to the Store" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
- Magister Fidelia Lapointe
character in the webcomic "Never Satisfied" by Taylor Robin
- Spanish
feminine form of Fidel (see also Fidelio)
- Fidalea
wife of Byzas and daughter of Thracian king Varvizos (or Varvisios) in Greek mythology