Entry № 3289 · Latin origin

Felicity Felicity — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ fih-LIS-ih-tee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Happiness, good fortune"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "happiness, good fortune".

Felicity comes from the Latin felicitas, meaning "happiness" or "good fortune." In Roman religion, Felicitas was the goddess of good fortune. Saint Felicity (2nd-3rd century) was an early Christian martyr.

Felicity entered the U.S. Today it sits in the U.S.

Happiness. The Latin virtue, declared as a name.

The name in its native script.

Felicity
Transliteration
Felicity
Pronunciation
/ fəˈlɪs.ɪ.ti /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Felicity stands.

Felicity does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Felicitys before her.

Real people
Felicity Jones
British actress, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
born 1983
Felicity Huffman
American actress.
born 1962
In fiction
Felicity Porter
Heroine of the TV series Felicity.
WB, 1998–2002

Names connected to Felicity.

The number behind Felicity.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Felicity reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.