Fedele

Machine-translated from the Italian article

Fedele is an Italian masculine given name; the name also has some use as a feminine. Of very transparent meaning, it derives from the Latin name Fidelis (from fides, "faith"), meaning "faithful", "trusty", and, in a Christian context, "one who has faith in God". The name's diffusion, now rapidly declining, had been aided by the cult of several saints, in particular the martyr of Como, and in the medieval period the name was already well attested in Italy and Spain (here in the form Fidel).