Given name
Serendipity
“a fateful meeting; having good fortune”
Serendipity is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “a fateful meeting; having good fortune.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a fateful meeting; having good fortune.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Serendipity through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 43
- 0 boys · 43 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 9 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 2004.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Serendipity’s family of names
Serendipity has a related form in Serendipitee. Serendipity has a related form in Serendipitey. Serendipity has a related form in Serendipiti.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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