English · Girl name
Destiny
“fate or fortune”
About the name Destiny
Destiny is an English name meaning ‘fate or fortune’. It comes from the Latin word ‘destinare’, to determine or make firm, through Old French ‘destinee’, and it entered English in the Middle Ages as an ordinary word for what is fated to happen. The word often appears in literature in discussions of fate and free will. As a given name for girls it is a twentieth-century development, and it is known from the American group Destiny’s Child, whose members included Beyoncé Knowles.
- Meaning
- fate or fortune
- Origin
- English
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- DES-tin-ee(3 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Destiny
- Destiny Rose
- Destiny Faith
- Destiny Ann
- Destiny Marie
- Destiny Skye
Questions about Destiny
- What does Destiny mean?
- Destiny is an English name meaning "fate or fortune".
- How do you pronounce Destiny?
- Destiny is pronounced DES-tin-ee, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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