Name: Felicity
Gender: Female
Usage: Felicity, of latin origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Felicity are in general originating from France, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Felicity across the world, see Felicitas.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Felicity is: Happiness.
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Numerology of the first name Felicity: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Felicity is ranked on the 2,358th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 161900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.003% of the population. The name Felicity has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Felicity for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Felicity is an English feminine given name meaning "happiness". It is derived from the Latin word felicitas meaning "luck, good fortune". It is also used as a form of the Latin name Felicitas, taken from the name of the Ancient Roman goddess Felicitas. It was also the name of Saint Felicity of Rome, a 2nd-century saint venerated by the Roman Catholic Church. Felicia, a related name, is a feminine form of the name Felix, which is derived from an Ancient Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful."
Felicity was the 236th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007. The name was the 706th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007, down from 619th place in 2006. The name was most popular in the United States in 1999, the year after the television show Felicity debuted. It was the 390th most popular name for girls in 1999, rising from 818th place in 1998, the year it debuted on the list of 1,000 most popular names for girls in the United States. Felicity Merriman is a red-headed Colonial doll produced by the American Girl company. The doll, which has a tie-in book series, movies, and a number of accessories, was introduced in the United States in 1991 and discontinued in 2011.
English: from the abstract noun denoting luck or good fortune (via Old French from Latin felicitās; cf. Felix). The English vocabulary word was first used as a given name in the 17th century. It also represents the English form of the Late Latin personal name Felicitas, which was borne by several early saints, notably a slave who was martyred in 203 together with her mistress Perpetua and several other companions.
Cognates: Italian: Felicita. Spanish: Felicidad. Portuguese: Felicidade.
Pet form: English: Flick.
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