Girl · Latin
Felicitas
Say it: feh-LIS-ih-tas
Meaning
Latin felicitas 'good fortune, happiness'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A martyr's name and Roman personified virtue; Felicity is used in modern Britain and Felicitas in Germany.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1920s
In the United States
- 1,970 babies given this name since 1889
- At its height in 1928, about 1 in 17,200 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Felicity |
|---|---|
| Italian | Felicita |
| Spanish | Felicidad |
| French | Félicité |
| German | Felicitas |
Famous bearers
- St. Felicity, martyred with Perpetua
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.