Fabia
From Latin, carrying the sense "bean grower". Around 20 women in Poland go by it, so most Poles have never met one.
Fabia Pronunciation
Fabia is pronounced FAHB-yah (/ˈfabja/).
What Fabia means
Where Fabia comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Fabia comes from Latin, the feminine of the old Roman family name Fabius. Its root is faba, the broad bean. The short meaning stays close to the soil: bean grower. Before it belonged to a child, the word belonged to a field.
The Fabii were one of Rome's patrician clans, and they carried the name of a common crop into the Senate. Centuries later the masculine form gave the Church a martyr, Fabian, who served as pope until 250 and died under the emperor Decius. That masculine Fabian is the cross-gender partner Fabia still keeps, one letter apart.
In a Polish class register, Fabia and Fabian often land side by side, a boy and a girl reading from the same Latin root. The bean itself has slipped out of view. The meaning underneath has not shifted: bean grower.
When Fabia celebrates name day
Fabia appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 31 July.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Fabia
1 in 1127192 women in Poland is named Fabia. 20 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #9895 among female names.
Fabia's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Fabia as a middle name
Fabia is a first name for 20 women in Poland and a middle name for another 15, a 57/43 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1908th, between Delphine (15) and Fleur (15).
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#1906 Daromiła15
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#1907 Delphine15
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#1908 Fabia15
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#1909 Fleur15
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#1910 Flor15