Fidelia

fi-DAY-lee-ah

Latin

"faithful"

Fidelia Origin and Meaning

The name Fidelia is a girl's name meaning "faithful".

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.

Fidelia Rank in US Top 1000

# 888 in the US

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Famous People Named Fidelia

• 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)
• Nickname: Fideline
• Fidalea wife of Byzas and daughter of Thracian king Varvizos (or Varvisios) in Greek mythology