Felicity Forename

16,829th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 55,825 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Felicity Forename Definition:

A female name. Latin Felicitas ‘happiness’. There were two saints Felicitas, one a 3rd-C Carthaginian martyr, and the other a widow said to have been martyred with her seven sons, and popularly identified with the mother of the Maccabees.

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Felicity Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa
100%
11,1971:4,870917
England
100%
11,1791:4,974539
Ghana
100%
9,1021:2,965455
Australia-7,8351:1,743340
Nigeria
100%
4,7181:37,6363,061
United States
100%
2,7161:133,4825,442
Kenya
100%
1,5781:29,3452,494
New Zealand-1,4721:3,082526
Zimbabwe
 
98%
6181:24,9582,624
Canada
100%
5101:64,9673,913
Wales
100%
4931:6,276660
Botswana
100%
4221:5,176864
Malaysia
 
98%
4151:73,3735,568
Scotland
100%
3911:13,684813
Papua New Guinea
100%
3071:26,5552,633
Ireland
100%
2531:18,354960
Namibia-2471:9,7341,200
Swaziland-2051:6,3421,007
Netherlands
100%
1941:87,1244,764
Zambia-1921:82,5774,226
Malawi
100%
1691:101,2565,457
Uganda
100%
1631:251,2697,846
India
100%
1611:7,545,826250,360
China-1131:12,088,98959,794
Cameroon
100%
1031:209,8118,769
Thailand
100%
941:745,38130,720
Germany
100%
821:1,178,9988,602
Indonesia-731:3,533,749154,886
France
100%
711:936,2027,555
Philippines
 
98%
651:1,630,91538,369
Guyana
100%
601:12,7211,814
Malta-451:9,541977
Hong Kong-341:228,0213,365
Jersey
100%
331:3,030450
Brazil-301:7,141,20598,999
Singapore
100%
301:209,5688,585
Northern Ireland
100%
291:63,5571,302
Italy
100%
291:2,105,58914,372
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Sweden
100%
261:379,15010,677
Switzerland
100%
261:315,9046,089
Grenada
100%
231:4,701790
Saint Lucia
100%
221:8,0821,192
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
201:68,0715,456
Belgium
100%
171:675,8859,645
Hungary
100%
141:699,4122,334
United Arab Emirates-141:510,85717,236
Israel
100%
131:646,37811,150
Norway
100%
131:394,7957,741
Antigua and Barbuda-121:8,2831,404
Qatar-101:236,96022,379
Denmark-91:627,7228,968
Solomon Islands-91:64,5513,816
Greece
100%
81:1,366,81810,115
Japan-81:15,998,25741,670
Spain-81:5,816,24616,159
Liberia
100%
51:882,41221,482
Bangladesh-41:39,865,34224,379
Bermuda-41:16,2061,525
Egypt-41:22,975,23627,891
Fiji-41:223,0942,508
Guernsey-41:15,833609
Iceland-41:91,5043,703
Mexico-41:31,036,10761,748
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
Suriname
100%
41:138,2032,927
Vanuatu-41:65,448976
Austria-31:2,838,06711,255
Brunei-31:139,8572,352
Falkland Islands-31:1,047226
Finland
75%
 
31:1,827,72814,078
Panama-31:1,302,18625,104
Barbados-21:144,8942,643
Cambodia-21:8,136,66551,498
Macau-21:304,1041,640
Nauru
100%
21:5,964459
Russia
100%
21:72,116,852125,484
South Korea-21:2,772,21027,911
Tanzania
100%
21:26,394,16073,301
Turkey
100%
21:38,900,85464,839
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Burkina Faso-11:18,379,469100,219
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Congo-11:5,009,20537,978
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
DR Congo-11:73,827,605146,761
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Isle of Man-11:85,023723
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Micronesia-11:106,5001,462
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha-11:5,829386
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484

Felicity (88) may also be a surname.

Felicity Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. Latin Felicitas ‘happiness’. There were two saints Felicitas, one a 3rd-C Carthaginian martyr, and the other a widow said to have been martyred with her seven sons, and popularly identified with the mother of the Maccabees. But the name does not seem to have been used in England until the 17th C when many abstract nouns came into use as christian names. It is spelt Phelisstie in 1641.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

A natural English adaptation of French Félicité, Felicity comes from Latin felicitas, ‘happiness,’ itself from felix (see the next). Its use as a font-name arises from the fact that Felicitas was the Roman goddess of happiness, ‘in the form of a matron, with the staff of Mercury (the caduceus of Hermes) and a cornucopia,’ which latter attribute—Blakeney does not suggest this—might seem to suggest that the Romans had some equivalent to ‘May all your troubles be little ones! ‘

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

User-submitted Reference

This name (فليش) means 'happiness'.

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Felicity Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feliscity9410/
Feliecity942/
Felicitey942/
Felicithy942/
Felicitoy941/
Felicitty941/
Felicityd941/
Felicitys941/
Felicityy941/
Feleicity941/
Feelicity941/
Felixcity941/
Feliciety941/
Felicitych891/
Felicita88122,875/
Felicite8876,463/
Felicité88661/
Filicity88595/
Felecity88574/
Felicitè8875/
Felisity8845/
Felicety8834/
Feliciti8829/
Felycity884/
Fylicity882/
Felixity881/
Felicitá881/
Felizity881/
Felicitee821,148/
Felicitte82205/
Felicitie8244/
Feliciter8243/
Felicitta8238/
Feliscita8237/
Felicithe8228/
Felicitha8228/
Felicites8215/
Phelicity8214/
Felicitio825/
Feliciete824/
Felicitis824/
Feelicita823/
Feleicite823/
Felissity822/
Feleicita822/
Fielicita822/
Felisitty822/
Filicitey822/
Filiscity822/
Felicitée821/
Feliccita821/
Felixcite821/
Felizcita821/
Felicieta821/
Felicitaa821/
Felicitai821/
Felicitea821/
Felicitei821/
Felicitet821/
Felicitge821/
Felicitti821/
Feliscite821/
Felecityo821/
Felexcity821/
Fehlicita821/
Filicitty821/
Felicitèe821/
Felicietta7839/
Fhelyciety781/
Felicitess781/
Felicithie781/
Felischita781/
Feliscitha781/
Félicité759,016/
Felecite752,716/
Felisita752,298/
Felecita75924/
Felisite75265/
Filicita75132/
Fèlicitè75115/
Filicite7575/
Felícita7556/
Feliceta7547/
Felicete7528/
Felycite7528/
Félicite7525/
Filisity7524/
Filecity7521/
Felixite7518/
Felisiti7512/
Filicety7512/
Felycita758/
Felisety755/
Felesity754/
Felicyta754/
Félicita753/
Filiciti753/
Fylisity752/
Felicetè752/
Velicety752/
Velisity752/
Felecety752/
Feličita751/
Felicyte751/
Filizity751/
Filicyty751/
Feliceté751/
Felicetta712,176/
Felicetti71165/
Phelicite71131/
Philicity71105/
Felisitte7134/
Felecitte7127/
Phylicity7119/
Felisitta7116/
Felisitha7115/
Felisiter7113/
Felissita719/
Felecitee718/
Phelicita717/
Felissite716/
Felescita714/
Felicette713/
Filicitie713/
Felisithi713/
Felisites712/
Felitsita712/
Feleciter712/
Felecitie712/
Pheliciti712/
Félicitée711/
Fielecita711/
Filichiti711/
Filicitee711/
Filicitha711/
Filicitis711/
Filicitta711/
Filicitte711/
Felixitte711/
Felicytte711/
Feliquita711/
Felisaita711/
Felishita711/
Felisitaa711/
Felisitee711/
Felisitez711/
Felisitie711/
Felisitti711/
Felisziti711/
Felecitta711/
Felicceta711/
Felicetee711/
Felicetis711/
Phelicety711/
Phelisity711/
Velizithy711/
Felizethy711/
Filiscita711/
Filexcity711/
Felissitte674/
Feliccetta672/
Phelicitha672/
Filiscitie671/
Felisittaa671/
Feleciette671/
Phyhlicity671/
Philicithy671/
Philiecity671/
Philiscity671/

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