Fabiana

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Fabiana

Say it: fab-ee-AH-nuh

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Meaning

Feminine of Fabianus, derived from Fabius.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

A Roman derived name that became common in Brazil and Italy in the 1970s and 1980s.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

1,603 babies given this name since 1965
At its height in 2010, about 1 in 26,900 girls
52 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Latin Italian Brazilian Spanish Argentine

The family of the name

Italian	Fabiana
Portuguese	Fabiana
Spanish	Fabiana

Names worth a look

FaustinaGirlDerived from Faustus 'lucky, auspicious'.Rome · peak 1893 · forgotten

RomanaGirlLatin romana 'Roman woman'.Rome · peak 1904

FlaviaGirlFeminine of Flavius, from flavus 'golden, yellow-haired'.Rome · peak 1884

HortensiaGirlFeminine of Hortensius, probably from hortus 'garden'.Rome · peak 1928 · forgotten

LucinaGirlFrom lux 'light'; Lucina was a title of Juno as goddess of childbirth, 'she who brings into the light'.Rome · peak 1880 · forgotten

BibianaGirlUncertain. Probably from Vibius, a Roman family name; the spelling Viviana links it to vivus 'alive', which may be a…Rome · peak 1999

FabianusBoyDerived from the family name Fabius.Rome

FabianBoyPopular nowpeak 2007

Where this comes from

Roman inscriptions and tombstones
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.