Fïdęl

surname · Latin script

Fïdęl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Fidel, from Latin Fidelis, from fidelis (“faithful”).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 16K(measured from records)
  • ECEcuador1 in 2.9K
  • ESSpain1 in 6.1K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

21,420 people, 2020

Sources
271 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Ecuador

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Fidel in US United States, ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Fïdęl: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Fïdęl
  1. SpanishFidel(measured from records)
  2. LatinFidelis(measured from records)
  3. Latin rootfidelis“faithful”(measured from records)

From Spanish Fidel, from Latin Fidelis, from fidelis (“faithful”).

Sources 4

  • The African book of names
  • Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
  • Wiktionary
  • Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Fïdęl counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Fïdęl is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States21,4201 in 16K21KFidel271
ES Spain8,1411 in 6.1K8.7KFidel62
EC Ecuador5,8211 in 2.9K5.8K—19
BR Brazil9901 in 214K1K—2
CR Costa Rica4781 in 11K478—1
GY Guyana901 in 8.3K90—5

21,420 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INEC — civil registry names; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Fïdęl under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Fïdęl mean, and where does it come from?
From Spanish Fidel, from Latin Fidelis, from fidelis (“faithful”). Recorded by The African book of names and Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names and 2 other sources.
In which country does Fïdęl have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 21 thousand people named Fïdęl, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fidel.
Where is Fïdęl most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Fïdęl is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 2.9 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Fïdęl?
In the United States, the national register counted 21,420 people named Fïdęl in 2020, about 1 in 16 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fïdęl”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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