Given name & surname
Felicitas
“one who is lucky and successful”
Felicitas is a variant of Felicia. In Latin use, Felicia carries the interpretation “one who is lucky and successful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Felicitas is a variant of Felicia. In Latin use, Felicia carries the interpretation “one who is lucky and successful.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Felicitas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,990
- 0 boys · 1,990 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 67 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 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 67 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,660 as a first name in 2020; 224 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Felicitas’s family of names
Felicitas has a related form in Felicia. In German usage, Felicitas has a related form in Felicia. In German usage, Felicitas has a conventional equivalent in the English form Felicity.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Felicitas has relatives in 14 languages.
11 related names in 14 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Felicitas
- Felicitas RauchGerman footballerborn 1996
- Felicitas HoppeGerman writerborn 1960
- Felicitas WollGerman actressborn 1980
- Felicitas SvejdaCanadian scientist (1920-2016)
- Felicitas GoodmanAmerican linguist and anthropologist (1914–2005)
- Felisa MaryArgentinian actor1892–1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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