Latin · Girl name
Felicity
“happiness”
About the name Felicity
Felicity is the English form of the Latin felicitas, meaning happiness or good fortune. Felicitas was a Roman personification of good luck, shown on coins with a staff and cornucopia. In Christian tradition, Saint Felicity was an enslaved young woman martyred at Carthage alongside the noblewoman Perpetua, and their prison account is one of the earliest texts written by a Christian woman. English Puritans adopted Felicity as one of their virtue names. The French Félicité and the German Felicitas are related forms, and the actress Felicity Kendal is a modern bearer.
- Meaning
- happiness
- Origin
- Latin
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- feh-LIS-ih-tee(4 syl.)
Variants and spellings
- Felicitas
- Félicité
- Felicita
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Middle names for Felicity
- Felicity Rose
- Felicity Jane
- Felicity Anne
- Felicity Claire
- Felicity Grace
Questions about Felicity
- What does Felicity mean?
- Felicity is a Latin name meaning "happiness".
- How do you pronounce Felicity?
- Felicity is pronounced feh-LIS-ih-tee, with emphasis on the second syllable.
- What are variants of Felicity?
- Variants of Felicity include Felicitas, Félicité, Felicita.
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