Fidelia
fi-DAY-lee-ah
Latin
"faithful"
Updated Wed Nov 29 2023
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.
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Famous People Named Fidelia
- Fidelia BridgesAmerican artist
- Fidelia Ann Hoscott Smith FieldingAmerican Mohegan language educator, last native speaker of the Mohegan Pequot language
- Ana Fidelia Quirot (Moré) Cuban Olympic runner
- Fidelia FiskeAmerican Congregationalist missionary
Fidelia in Pop Culture
- Fidelia (Faith)character in Spenser's The Faerie Queene, sister of Speranza (Hope) and Charissa (Charity)
- Fideliacharacter in William Wycherley's "The Plain Dealer"
- Fideliacharacter in opera "Edgar" by Giacomo Puccini
- Fidelia Lennoxmain character in "How Fidelia Went to the Store" by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
- Magister Fidelia Lapointecharacter in the webcomic "Never Satisfied" by Taylor Robin
- Spanishfeminine form of Fidel (see also Fidelio)
- Nickname: Fideline
- Fidaleawife of Byzas and daughter of Thracian king Varvizos (or Varvisios) in Greek mythology