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 [ 3 syll. fi-de-lia, fid-el-ia ] The girl name Fidelia is pronounced FahDIYLYah KEY. Fidelia's language of origin is Latin and it is predominantly used in Spanish. Derived from the word fidelis which is of the meaning 'faithful'. The name was adopted by English Puritans along with other virtue names in the 17th century. It has appeared in various literary works such as Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene (1590,1596) and William Wycherly's comedy play The Plain Dealer (1676). Fidelia is the feminine equivalent of the German and Spanish Fidel. A form of the name is the Spanish Fidela. Another variant of Fidelia is the English, Greek, and Italian pet form Delia. Fidelia is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Fidelia include the Arabic Fadila and the Spanish Fidela. KEY: English pronunciation for Fidelia: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
