THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Felicity
Felicity is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Felicity.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /feˈlisiti/Standard-Tagalog
- [fɛˌliː.sɪˈt̪ɪ]Standard-Tagalog
- /peˈlisiti/with nativization
- [pɛˌliː.sɪˈt̪ɪ]with nativization
Fe · li · ci · ty4 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Felicity.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Felicity (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
From the noun felicity, and also the English form of Latin Felicitas, a name borne by early martyrs.
A female given name from English.
Wiktionary: Felicity (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Felicity 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 Felicity
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
- Felicito·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Felicio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Felicitas·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Felice♂♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Feliciano♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Felicidad♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Felicula·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Felipina·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Felicity?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Felicity further
Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Felicity (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Felicity (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.