Fidel
Name meaning faithful
Fidel is a Spanish given name meaning "faithful," most famously associated with Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader who ruled Cuba from 1959 to 2008.
In American English, the name often evokes Castro specifically, carrying political connotations depending on the speaker's views of Cuban socialism.
My grandfather still refuses to say the name Fidel without cursing.
The name remains common in Spanish-speaking countries without necessarily invoking Castro.
Prominent Cuban surname
- HavanaCuba's largest city
- communismCollective ownership system
- socialismCommunal economic control
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
embargo · Bay of Pigs · Che Guevara · cigars · Caribbean · sugar cane · Soviet Union · Cold War
Consistently loyal and true
- devotedLoyally and lovingly attached
- steadfastFirmly loyal, unshakeable
- trueAccurate or loyal
- allegiantLoyal to authority
trustworthy · reliable · dependable · constant · dedicated · committed · unwavering · staunch
Castro
Prominent Cuban surname
revolution · embargo · Bay of Pigs · Che Guevara · cigars · Caribbean · sugar cane · Soviet Union · Cold War · Marxism
faithful
Consistently loyal and true
allegiant · trustworthy · reliable · dependable · constant · dedicated · committed · unwavering · staunch · firm
- CubaOld Havana, Cuban identity, Cuban heritage, Guantanamera, Cuban coffee
- Soviet NamesRem, Lenin, Sputnik, Pravda, Gagarin
FidelRonald Reagan
Augusto Pinochet · Margaret Thatcher · Barry Goldwater · Milton Friedman · Richard Nixon
FidelNelson Mandela
Jimmy Carter · Mahatma Gandhi · Thomas Jefferson · John Locke
- high fidelityAccurate sound reproduction
- Fidel CastroCuban revolutionary dictator
- low fidelityPoor audio reproduction quality
- marital fidelityLoyalty within marriage
- audio fidelityAccuracy of sound reproduction
- visual fidelityAccuracy of depicted imagery
confidence, confident, fidelity, bona fide, confide, confidential, diffident, infidelity, perfidy