Fidelis

Fidelis is a baby name of Latin origin, meaning Faithful.

What Fidelis means

Faithful.

Fidelis sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.

Where Fidelis comes from

Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.

Fidelis is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.

How popular is Fidelis?

Fidelis is not in the current top 100 baby names we track. In practice that means a child called Fidelis is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.

The character of Fidelis

Fidelis sits in our faith group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.

Themes: Faith

Names like Fidelis

These share Fidelis's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

• Honor — Honesty and high respect.
• Grace — Grace, elegance, divine favor.
• Amadeus — Lover of God.
• Arabella — Yielding to prayer; beautiful.
• Augustine — Great and venerable.
• Benedict — Blessed.
• Bennett — Blessed.
• Cecilia — Patroness of music.
• Celeste — Heavenly.
• Clement — Merciful and mild.
• Constance — Steadfast and constant.
• Domenica — Of the Lord; born on Sunday.

More Latin names

• Felix — Happy, fortunate, lucky.
• Flavia — Golden; fair-haired.
• Felicity — Intense happiness; good fortune.
• Flora — Flower; goddess of spring.
• Fausto — Fortunate; lucky.
• Florence — Flourishing; in bloom.
• Fabian — Bean grower.
• Frances — Free one; from France.
• Estelle — Star.
• Francis — Free one; Frenchman.