THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Felicidad
Felicidad is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through Spanish, specifically the form Felicidad.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /felisiˈdad/Standard-Tagalog
- [fɛ.lɪ.sɪˈd̪ad̪̚]Standard-Tagalog
- /pelisiˈdad/with nativization
- [pɛ.lɪ.sɪˈd̪ad̪̚]with nativization
Fe · li · ci · dad4 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Spanish
- /feliθiˈdad/
- [fe.li.θiˈð̞að̞]
- /felisiˈdad/
- [fe.li.siˈð̞að̞]
Fe · li · ci · dad4 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Felicidad.
a female given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Felicidad (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Derived from Latin Fēlīcitātem.
a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felicity
Wiktionary: Felicidad (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Felicidad
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Felicidad Corcuera
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
6
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Felicidad Corcuera
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Felicidad in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Felicidad
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Felicitas·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Feliciano♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Felicio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Felicito·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Felicity♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Felicula·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Felipina·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Fedilimar·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Felicidad?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
- NatividadTagalog · /-ad/
- ProsperidadTagalog · /-ad/
- SoledadTagalog · /-ad/
- CaridadSpanish · /-ad/
- TrinidadSpanish · /-ad/
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Felicidad further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q18030470 — Felicidad (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Felicidad Corcuera (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q18030470 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Felicidad (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Felicidad (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.