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 [ 3 syll. fa-bia, fab-ia ] The girl name Fabia is pronounced FAABiyah KEY. Fabia's language of origin is Latin. It is predominantly used in German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. The name Fabia means 'grower of beans'. Derived from the word faba which is of the meaning 'bean'. An old form of the name is Fabia (Latin). The name was first adopted by English speakers in the 19th century. The Late Latin diminutive Fabiola was borne by a 4th-century matron of the famous patrician Roman family of the Fabii who founded the first Western hospital, but it is today best known from Queen Fabiola (1960-1993), the popular Spanish-born queen of the Belgians. Fabia is the feminine form of the Latvian, Lithuanian, and German Fabius. Forms of Fabia include the Italian, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Fabiana, the French Fabienne, and the Portuguese Fábia. Another variant of the name is the French, German, Italian, and Spanish pet form Fabiola. Fabia is an uncommon baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Fabia include the Portuguese Fábia, the Ewe Fafa, the Arabic Fidda, the French and Spanish Fifi, the English Pheba, the English Phebe, the English Pheby, the English Pheobe, the English and German Phoebe, the English Fae, the English Fay, the English Faye, the Spanish Fe, the Polish and Spanish Febe, the German Fee, the Dutch Fei, and the German Phöbe. A famous person named Fabia is Actress Fabia Drake, born 20 January 1904 - 28 February 1990, Herne Bay, Kent, England. KEY: English pronunciation for Fabia: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
