Fabia

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Fabia

Gender: Feminine
Language: Latin
Etymology:
Fabia comes from a Latin name meaning “Bean.”

History:
Fabia is a very rare name in the English world.

Fabiola is a bit more common, probably due to the 1854 historical novel Fabiola by Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman. It was about early Christianity in the catacombs

Pronunciation: fahb-ee-ah.

Alternates: Fabiola, Fabiana, Fabianna.
French: Fabienne.

Masculine: Fabius.

Famous Bearers:
Miscellaneous:
Fabia (1st century B.C.)
Divorced wife of famous General Publius Cornelius Dolabella (70 BC-43 BC).

Royalty:
Fabiola de Mora y Aragon (1928-)
Wife of Baudouin I, King of the Belgians.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.005 % named Fabiola
less than 0.001 % named Fabia

Popularity of Fabia:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-2000: N/A

Popularity of Fabiola:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1990: N/A
1990: 613th most popular.
1991: 554th most popular.
1992: 570th most popular.
1993: 546th most popular.
1994: 561st most popular.
1995: 553rd most popular.
1996: 522nd most popular.
1997: 559th most popular.
1998: 602nd most popular.
1999: 607th most popular.
2000: 660th most popular.
2001: 595th most popular.
2002: 565th most popular.
2003: 648th most popular.