Meaning: Happiness, good fortune
The story
Felicity comes from the English word for happiness, ultimately connected with Latin good fortune. It was adopted as a virtue name and can also represent the Latin personal name Felicitas.
Nicknames
- Fliss
- Flick
- Lissy
- Fee
Spellings & variants
- Felicitas
- Félicité
- Felicità
Popularity
Familiar
In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.
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Style
Origins
Felicity comes from Latin.
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