Given name · also Latin
Felicity
“one who is lucky and successful”
Felicity is a variant of Felicia. In Latin use, Felicia carries the interpretation “one who is lucky and successful.”
Original LatinFelicitas
Meaning & origin
What it means
Felicity 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
This spelling has been associated with Latin and Late Latin naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1935. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Felicity through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18,565
- 6 boys · 18,559 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 938 babies
- 2025
- 653
- #473 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 653 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 473 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 24.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 938 in 2017. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (51). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,421 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.
Felicity’s family of names
In English usage, Felicity has a diminutive in FLIC. Felicity shares a linguistic root with Felicita. Felicity has a related form in Felicia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Felicity has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Felicity comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- FelicitasLatin, German
- Felicidadcognate · Spanish
- Felicitacognate · Italian
- Felíciaequivalent
- Citêyeequivalent
- FelicytaPolish
- FélicitéFrench
- FelizitasGerman
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Felicity
- Felicity JonesBritish actress (born 1983)
- Felicity HuffmanAmerican actressborn 1962
- Felicity KendalBritish actress (born 1946)
- Felicity LottEnglish soprano (1947–2026)
- Felicity GalvezAustralian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holderborn 1985
- Felicity MontaguBritish actressborn 1960
- Felicity AstonBritish adventurer/climate scientistborn 1977
- Felicity Okpete OvaiNigerian engineer, civil servant and politicianborn 1961
- Felicity Wilson-HaffendenAustralian cyclistborn 2005
Characters named Felicity: Felicity Lemon (the Hercule Poirot novels by Agatha Christie).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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