Destiny is a mainly feminine name meaning "destiny, fate", from the

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word "destinare," meaning "to determine." It has been a popular name in the

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, where it was ranked in the top 50 names given to baby girls between 1997 and 2008. It has since declined in use but remains among the top 500 names given to American girls.Behind the Name
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People with this name

* Destiny Carter, American track and field athlete *

Destiny Chukunyere Destiny Chukunyere Midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika, M.Q.R. (born 29 August 2002) is a Maltese singer. She won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, where she represented Malta in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Malta with the song ...

, Maltese singer *

Destiny Clark Destiny Clark is an interracial American singer-songwriter, musician, actress, model, and a former beauty pageant titleholder from Gaithersburg, Maryland. Destiny was crowned Miss Maryland 2015 and competed for the Miss America 2016 title in ...

, American singer, songwriter, and beauty pageant titleholder * Destiny Hope Cyrus, the birth name of American singer, songwriter, and actress

Miley Cyrus Miley Ray Cyrus ( ; born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her distinctive raspy voice, her music spans across varied styles and genres, including pop, country, rock, hip hop ...

Destiny Deacon Destiny Deacon (born 1957) is an Indigenous Australian photographer and media artist. She has exhibited photographs and films across Australia and also internationally, focusing on politics and exposing the disparagement around Indigenous Austr ...

, Australian photographer *

Destiny Ekaragha Destiny Ekaragha is a British film director. She is only the third British black woman, following Ngozi Onwurah and Amma Asante, to have directed a feature-length film that was given cinema distribution in the UK. Career Ekaragha began her career ...

, British film director *

Destiny Etiko Destiny Etiko (born 12 August 1989) is a Nigerian actress. Early life and education Etiko was born in Udi, a village in Enugu State, Nigeria. She received both her primary and secondary school education in Enugu State. She obtained a tertiary ...

, Nigerian actress *

Destiny Frasqueri Destiny Nicole Frasqueri (born June 14, 1992), known professionally as Princess Nokia, is an American rapper and songwriter. She released her debut studio album, ''Metallic Butterfly'', in 2014, followed by the 2015 mixtape ''Honeysuckle''. As P ...

, better known as Princess Nokia, American rapper * Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa, American activist * Destiny Levere Bolling, American politician *

Destiny Lightsy Destiny Lightsy is an American actress, singer and dancer who serves as the co-host for the third season of MTV's reality game show '' Yo Momma'', hosted by Wilmer Valderrama. Destiny has appeared in the movies ''You Got Served'', ''Fat Albert'' ...

, American actress, singer and dancer * Destiny Norton, American murder victim * Destiny Slocum, American basketball player *

Destiny Udogie Iyenoma Destiny Udogie (; born 28 November 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Italy national team. Club career Hellas Verona Udogie developed in the Hellas ...

, Italian football player * Destiny Vaeao, American football defensive tackle * Destiny Vélez, Miss Puerto Rico 2015 * Destiny Williams, American basketball forward

Fictional characters

* Destiny Baker, a character from the

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sitcom ''

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'' * Destiny, a

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and a character in the 2016

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animated Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anim ...

film ''

Finding Dory ''Finding Dory'' is a 2016 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton, produced by Lindsey Collins and written by Stanton and Vict ...

'' *

Destiny Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin ''fatum'' "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often ...

, a character from ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'' *

Destiny Evans Destiny Evans is a fictional character from the American soap opera ''One Life to Live''. Casting The role of Destiny was originated by actress Shenell Edmonds, who made her first appearance on February 27, 2009. Edmonds' Destiny was upgraded fr ...

, a character from the soap opera ''

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'' *

Destiny Rose ''Destiny Rose'' is a Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Don Michael Perez, it stars Ken Chan in the title role. It premiered on September 14, 2015 on the network's Afternoon Prime line up replacing ''Heali ...

, main character of the Philippine drama of the same name * Big Destiny, a character in the ''Adventure Time'' episode "

Crossover Crossover may refer to: Entertainment Albums and songs * ''Cross Over'' (Dan Peek album) * ''Crossover'' (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles album), 1987 * ''Crossover'' (Intrigue album) * ''Crossover'' (Hitomi Shimatani album) * ''Crossover'' (Yoshino ...

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