Fedele
See also: fedele
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Fedele (plural Fedeles)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fedele is the 14349th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2085 individuals. Fedele is most common among White (94.1%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fedele”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 558.
Italian
Etymology
From fedele (“faithful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feˈde.le/[1][2]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ele
- Hyphenation: Fe‧dé‧le
- Homophone: fedele
- IPA(key): /feˈdɛ.le/[2]
- Rhymes: -ɛle
- Hyphenation: Fe‧dè‧le
- Homophone: fedele
Proper noun
Fedele m
- a male given name
Proper noun
Fedele m or f by sense
- a surname originating as a patronymic
Further reading
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2026
References
- ^ fedele in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 fedele in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)