Felice Forename
Approximately 77,029 people bear this name
Felice Forename Definition:
A female name. the history of this name is much confused with that of Phyllis (q.v.). There was a St Felicia of Nicomedia of unknown date, and the name, which is a f. form of Felicius, a 3rd-C derivative of Felix (q.v.), is found in use in England from the end of the 12th C.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 100% | 60,170 | 1:1,015 | 184 |
| United States | 78% | 7,734 | 1:46,876 | 2,692 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,336 | 1:14,184 | 1,455 |
| Nigeria | 89% | 1,095 | 1:162,159 | 7,580 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 725 | 1:11,329 | 1,061 |
| Brazil | 100% | 620 | 1:345,542 | 12,812 |
| Netherlands | 96% | 619 | 1:27,305 | 2,331 |
| Germany | 76% | 561 | 1:172,331 | 2,868 |
| Belgium | 99% | 423 | 1:27,163 | 1,805 |
| Venezuela | 67% | 301 | 1:100,339 | 4,571 |
| England | 92% | 260 | 1:213,857 | 6,167 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 235 | 1:44,388 | 3,115 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 212 | 1:348,243 | 13,378 |
| Philippines | 94% | 207 | 1:512,123 | 17,000 |
| Indonesia | - | 165 | 1:1,563,416 | 85,837 |
| France | 60% | 164 | 1:405,307 | 4,839 |
| Uganda | 89% | 103 | 1:397,640 | 10,192 |
| Australia | - | 82 | 1:166,556 | 4,659 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| Spain | 100% | 58 | 1:802,241 | 7,895 |
| Israel | 96% | 57 | 1:147,420 | 5,316 |
| Tanzania | 91% | 47 | 1:1,123,156 | 20,478 |
| Haiti | - | 43 | 1:249,464 | 10,581 |
| Malaysia | 90% | 43 | 1:708,138 | 27,785 |
| Zimbabwe | 94% | 43 | 1:358,693 | 18,128 |
| Sweden | 85% | 42 | 1:234,712 | 7,753 |
| Benin | 73% | 41 | 1:257,947 | 11,095 |
| Chile | 53% | 37 | 1:475,870 | 5,903 |
| South Africa | 59% | 35 | 1:1,558,076 | 50,706 |
| China | - | 30 | 1:45,535,193 | 62,023 |
| Qatar | 100% | 28 | 1:84,629 | 9,711 |
| Argentina | 63% | 27 | 1:1,584,194 | 6,655 |
| Thailand | 59% | 27 | 1:2,595,030 | 64,663 |
| Singapore | - | 23 | 1:273,350 | 9,239 |
| Hong Kong | - | 19 | 1:408,038 | 4,068 |
| Kenya | - | 18 | 1:2,572,617 | 21,139 |
| India | 67% | 17 | 1:71,463,410 | 1,089,744 |
| New Zealand | - | 17 | 1:266,826 | 8,395 |
| Russia | 67% | 17 | 1:8,484,336 | 34,226 |
| Guyana | 100% | 15 | 1:50,884 | 4,749 |
| Luxembourg | 67% | 15 | 1:37,603 | 1,694 |
| Mexico | 57% | 15 | 1:8,276,295 | 27,186 |
| Scotland | 93% | 15 | 1:356,691 | 5,068 |
| Ireland | - | 13 | 1:357,194 | 5,120 |
| San Marino | 100% | 12 | 1:2,743 | 338 |
| Austria | 89% | 11 | 1:774,018 | 6,072 |
| Paraguay | 90% | 11 | 1:657,891 | 5,571 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Jamaica | - | 10 | 1:288,323 | 8,750 |
| Wales | 100% | 10 | 1:309,431 | 4,737 |
| Zambia | - | 10 | 1:1,585,479 | 18,518 |
| Ecuador | - | 9 | 1:1,969,658 | 11,243 |
| Liberia | 100% | 9 | 1:490,229 | 13,253 |
| Croatia | 100% | 7 | 1:602,439 | 6,285 |
| Cameroon | 81% | 6 | 1:3,601,750 | 60,590 |
| Colombia | - | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 5 | 1:1,430,399 | 43,518 |
| Finland | 57% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Peru | 80% | 4 | 1:7,947,864 | 48,688 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 4 | 1:340,355 | 15,394 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 4 | 1:27,437 | 2,836 |
| Uruguay | - | 4 | 1:856,909 | 8,493 |
| Denmark | - | 3 | 1:1,883,166 | 17,701 |
| Taiwan | - | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
The alternate forms: Félice (103), Feliče (16), Feliće (4), Fèlice (4), Feliçe (2), Felicé (1) & Félicé (1) are calculated separately.
Felice (14,460) may also be a surname.
Felice Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the history of this name is much confused with that of Phyllis (q.v.). There was a St Felicia of Nicomedia of unknown date, and the name, which is a f. form of Felicius, a 3rd-C derivative of Felix (q.v.), is found in use in England from the end of the 12th C. The vernacular form of the name was Felice or Felis (cf. French Félise): Felice occurs in Piers Plowman; Lyford 1655 says: ‘Felice see Felix in Men’s names.’ In 1577 the name is found spelt Phelis, and there seems little doubt that many of the 17th-C Phyllis’s were really Felice’s. A writer to Notes and Queries in 1874 says: ‘I have known 3 instances of the name Felicia being given in Cheshire. In one case it was always shortened to Phyllis.’ But it was only in out-of-the-way corners that the name survived, and G. M. Hopkins writing to Coventry Patmore in 1883 about one of his poems says: ‘Felicia - I do not understand the name. Is it a proper name, or the neuter plural of felix?' Patmore replied: ‘I used the name Felicia because it is a name, and suggests itself as the female of Felix. Felicitas would not have done.’ At the present time Felicity (q.v.) is much more common.
Felicia Curia Regis Rolls 1199, 1218, Feudal Aids 1303, 1316, 1401. Felice English Register of Oseney Abbey, c. 1460 (E.E.T.S. 133-4) 1460. Felisia Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Felis Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Filisia Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Fillys Church Registers of St. James’s, Clerkenwell, 1551-1754 1569.
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