Girl · Latin
Felicia
Say it: feh-LEE-shuh
Meaning
Feminine of Felix 'lucky, happy'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Found in medieval English records and widely used in the 20th-century US and Sweden.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1980s
In the United States
- 91,203 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1986, about 1 in 557 girls
- 25 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Felice, Felise, Phelyse
| Italian | Felicia |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Felicia |
| Romanian | Felicia |
| French | Félicie |
| Polish | Felicja |
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Where this comes from
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Medieval European charters and records
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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