MEANING & HISTORY
What does Feliza mean?
Feliza has a documented spelling relationship with Felicia in a specific naming history: the publisher’s reading guide to Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s account of Feliza Bursztyn discusses her earlier name Felicia. Felicia reaches Latin Felix through Felicius, giving the lucky or fortunate name-family sense.
This example supports the connection without assigning the Colombian artist’s personal naming story to every Philippine Feliza.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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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 ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Feliza in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
FELIZACSV record 3,087 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Feliza in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Feliza
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
- Eliza♀Short form of Elizabeth; God is my oath
- Felipa·Feminine of Philip: friend of horses
- Felisa♀Feminine form of Félix; happy or fortunate
- Eloiza♀Older Portuguese spelling of Eloísa
- Felice♂♀Lucky or successful
- Feling♀Familiar form of Felisa or Felicidad
- Felino·Felinus form, cat-like
- Felipe♂Fond of horses
What rhymes with Feliza?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Feliza 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.
- Penguin Club de Lectura — Los nombres de Feliza, reading guide (opens in a new tab)
Publisher account of the specific Feliza Bursztyn/Felicia naming history; consulted PDF, not a universal derivation for every bearer.
- Behind the Name — Felicia (opens in a new tab)
Felicia from Felicius/Felix.
- Behind the Name — Felix (opens in a new tab)
Latin lucky/successful personal-name sense.