Given name
Felicita
“one who is lucky and successful”
Felicita is a variant of Felicia. In Latin use, Felicia carries the interpretation “one who is lucky and successful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Felicita is a variant of Felicia. In Latin use, Felicia carries the interpretation “one who is lucky and successful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Italian use, Felicita 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 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Felicita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,884
- 0 boys · 1,884 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 36 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 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,773 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.
Felicita’s family of names
Felicita shares a linguistic root with Felicity. Felicita has a related form in Felicia. In Italian usage, Felicita has a conventional equivalent in the English form Felicity.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Felicita has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Felicita
- Felicita VestvaliGerman opera singer (1831–1880)
- Felicita FraiCzech artist (1909-2010)
- Felicita SartoriItalian painter and pastellist (c. 1714–1760)
- Felicita FerreroItalian anti-fascist and journalist1899–1984
- Felicita CasellaFrench Italian composer1821–1865
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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