Given name
Felicidad
Felicidad is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in Spanish and Tagalog.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Spanish use, Felicidad shares an earlier linguistic root with Felicity. Felicity has been associated with Latin and Late Latin naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Felicidad through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 131
- 0 boys · 131 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,465 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Felicidad’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Felicidad has a diminutive in FELY. Felicidad shares a linguistic root with Felicity. In Spanish usage, Felicidad has a conventional equivalent in the German form Felicitas.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Felicidad has relatives in 6 languages.
11 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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