Felicity is a female given name of English origin meaning "happiness". It is derived from the Latin word ''felicitas'' meaning "luck, good fortune". It is also used as a form of the Latin name Felicitas, taken from the name of the

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goddess

Fortuna Fortuna ( la, Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular through the Middle Ages until at ...

. It was also the name of

Saint Felicity of Rome Felicitas of Rome (c. 101 – 165), also anglicized as is a saint numbered among the Christian martyrs. Apart from her name, the only thing known for certain about this martyr is that she was buried in the Cemetery of Maximus, on the Via Sala ...

, a 2nd-century saint venerated by the

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. ''

Felicia The name Felicia derives from the Latin adjective ''felix'', meaning "happy, lucky", though in the neuter plural form ''felicia'' it literally means "happy things" and often occurred in the phrase ''tempora felicia'', "happy times". The sense of ...

'', a related name, is a feminine form of the name ''

Felix Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, ...

'', which is derived from an

cognomen meaning "lucky," or "successful." Its diminutive is Flick. Felicity was the 236th most popular name for girls born in

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in 2007. The name was the 706th most popular name for girls born in the

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in 2007, down from 619th place in 2006. The name was most popular in the United States in 1999, the year after the television show '' Felicity'' debuted. It was the 390th most popular name for girls in 1999, rising from 818th place in 1998, the year it debuted on the list of 1,000 most popular names for girls in the United States. Felicity Merriman is a red-headed Colonial doll produced by the American Girl company. The doll, which has a tie-in book series, movies, and a number of accessories, was introduced in the United States in 1991.

In other languages

*Felicyta (

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

) *Felicidad, Felicitas, (

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

) *Felistas (

) *Felicidade (

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

) *Felìcita (

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

) *Felicitász ( Hungarian) *

Felicitas In ancient Roman culture, ''felicitas'' (from the Latin adjective ''felix'', "fruitful, blessed, happy, lucky") is a condition of divinely inspired productivity, blessedness, or happiness. ''Felicitas'' could encompass both a woman's fertility an ...

(

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

) *Felicitat (

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

) *Félicité ( French) *Felizitas (

)

People

Felicity of Rome Felicitas of Rome (c. 101 – 165), also anglicized as is a saint numbered among the Christian martyrs. Apart from her name, the only thing known for certain about this martyr is that she was buried in the Cemetery of Maximus, on the Via Sal ...

, 2nd-century Christian martyr and saint * Saint Felicity, early 3rd-century co-martyr of Saint Perpetua * Felicity Abram (born 1986), Australian triathlete *

Felicity Aston Felicity Ann Dawn Aston (born 7 October 1977) is a British explorer, author and former climate scientist. Early life and career Originally from Birchington-on-Sea, Kent, Aston went to Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls and was educated at U ...

(born 1977), British adventurer and climate scientist, first person to ski across Antarctica on her own power *

Felicity Cockram Felicity Cockram is an Australian film producer. From 2002 to 2005 she was the general manager of the Australian Film Institute. Life In the 1980s, Cockram produced films in Australia, including educational videos for school resources. From 19 ...

, Australian film producer *

Felicity Dahl Felicity Ann Dahl ( D'Abreu; born 12 December 1938) is a British film producer who married the author Roald Dahl in 1983. She was previously married to Charles Reginald Hugh Crosland. The quietly spoken Dahl gave a rare interview in November 2008 ...

(born 1938), British film producer *

Felicity Dowker Felicity Dowker is a speculative fiction writer from Victoria, Australia. She is predominantly recognised as a writer in the horror genre. In 2009, she won the Ditmar Award (Australian SF Award) for Best New Talent. Her story "Jesse's Gift" was ...

(born 1980), Australian fiction writer, primarily in the horror genre *

Felicity Gallup Felicity Gallup (born 26 September 1969) is a retired British badminton player who represented England and Wales in international tournaments. Gallup in her teens gave up the Badminton career for making her future in Modelling in Japan but came ...

(born 1969), British badminton player *

Felicity Galvez Felicity Madeline Galvez, OAM (born 4 March 1985) is an Australian swimmer and two-time Olympic gold medalist. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.Felicity Goodyear-Smith Felicity Anne Goodyear-Smith (born 1952) is a medical doctor, academic, and public health advocate from New Zealand. She is Academic Head of Department & Goodfellow Postgraduate Chair of General Practice & Primary Health Care in the Faculty of ...

(born 1952), a medical doctor, academic, and public health advocate from New Zealand *

Felicity Huffman Felicity Kendall Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an American actress. Huffman began her acting career in theatre, and in the 1990s also had many supporting roles in film and television. She starred as Dana Whitaker in the comedy-drama '' Spor ...

(born 1962), American actress *

Felicity Johnson Felicity Jane Johnson (born 30 May 1971) is an Australian Paralympic tandem cyclist, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Personal Felicity Jane Johnson ...

(born 1971), Australian Paralympic tandem cyclist *

Felicity Jones Felicity Rose Hadley Jones (born 17 October 1983) is a British actress. She started her professional acting career as a child, appearing in '' The Treasure Seekers'' (1996) at age 12. She went on to play Ethel Hallow for one series of the tel ...

(born 1983), English actress *

Felicity Kendal Felicity Ann Kendal (born 25 September 1946) is an English actress, working principally in television and theatre. She has appeared in numerous stage and screen roles over a more than 70-year career, but the role that brought attention to her ...

(born 1946), English actress * Felicity LaFortune (born 1954), American actress * Felicity Leydon-Davis (born 1994), New Zealand cricketer *

Felicity Lott Dame Felicity Ann Emwhyla Lott, (born 8 May 1947) is an English soprano. Education Lott was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. From her earliest years she was musical, having started studying piano at age 5. She also played violin and bega ...

(born 1947), English soprano *

Felicity Montagu Felicity Jane Montagu (born 12 September 1960) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Lynn Benfield, the long-suffering assistant of Alan Partridge. Early life Montagu was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, to Lieutenant-Co ...

(born 1960), English actress *

Felicity Okpete Ovai Felicity Okpete Ovai (born 1961) is an engineer and academic from Degema, Rivers State in Nigeria. A member of the Rivers State People's Democratic Party, she was the first woman to be appointed Commissioner of Works, serving from 2003 to 2006. ...

(born 1961), commissioner of the Rivers State Ministry of Works * Felicity Palmer (born 1944), English mezzo-soprano and music professor *

Felicity Peake Air Commandant Dame Felicity Hyde, Lady Peake ( Watts; 1 May 1913 – 2 November 2002) was the founding director of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) She started flying when her first husband took up the hobby in 1935, but in 1946 became the f ...

(1913-2002), founding director of the UK's Women's Royal Air Force *

Felicity Sheedy-Ryan Felicity Sheedy-Ryan (born 12 February 1985 in Perth) is an Australian professional triathlete, Oceania Champion of the year 2008, gold medalist at the 2012 and 2017 Duathlon World Championships, and a member of the Australian World Championsh ...

(born 1985), Australian triathlete *

Felicity Urquhart Felicity Ann Urquhart (born 4 May 1976) is an Australian country and western music singer-songwriter, and a TV and radio presenter. Her single "Big Black Cloud", co-written with Randy Scruggs, reached No. 1 on Country Tracks National Top&nb ...

(born 1976), Australian country music singer-songwriter *

Felicity Ward Felicity Ward (born 26 September 1980) is an Australian comedian, best known for her TV appearances on '' Spicks and Specks'', ''Thank God You're Here'', ''Good News Week'' and as a writer/performer in the Channel 10 Network television program ...

(born 1980), Australian comedian * Felicity Wardlaw (born 1977), Australian road cyclist * Felicity "Flick" Colby (1946–2011), American dancer * Felicity "Flick" Rea (born c. 1937), English politician

Fictional characters

Felicity Hardy The Scarlet Spider is an alias used by several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most notably Ben Reilly and Kaine Parker, both of whom are genetic replicates of the superhero Spider-Man. Both the ...

, a Marvel Comics character, also known as the third Scarlet Spider * Felicity King, in the television series ''

Road to Avonlea ''Road to Avonlea'' is a Canadian television series first broadcast in Canada between January 7, 1990, and March 31, 1996, as part of the ''CBC Family Hour'' anthology series, and in the United States starting on March 5, 1990. It was created b ...

'', played by Gema Zamprogna * Felicity Merriman, from the ''American Girl'' series of dolls and books * Felicity Porter, the main character in the television series ''Felicity'', played by Keri Russell *

Felicity Scully Felicity "Flick" Scully is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'', played by Holly Valance. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 20 October 1999. She departed on 28 November 2002, but m ...

, in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' *

Felicity Shagwell The following is a list of fictional characters from the ''Austin Powers'' series of films. ''Austin Powers'' is a series of American spy action comedy films: '' Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'' (1997), '' Austin Powers: The Spy Who ...

, from the movie ''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'', played by Heather Graham *

Felicity Smoak Felicity Smoak is a fictional character appearing in comics published by DC Comics. Her first appearance was in ''The Fury of Firestorm'' #23 (May 1984), created by writer Gerry Conway and artist Rafael Kayanan. She was originally the manager of ...

, a DC Comics character **

, a character from the television series ''Arrow'', based on DC Comics, played by Emily Bett Rickards * Felicity Wishes, the main character in the book series

Felicity Wishes Felicity Wishes is a British children's book series created, written, illustrated and privately owned by the Character Brand CreatoEmma Thomson Books include over 140 story books, activity books, picture books and annuals. The popularity of the boo ...

Felicity Worthington The characters in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy appear in a group of three fantasy novels by Libba Bray, set in late 19th-century England, and published between 2003 and 2007: ''A Great and Terrible Beauty'', ''Rebel Angels (Bray novel), Rebel Angels'' ...

, in Libba Bray's novel ''A Great and Terrible Beauty'', as well as its two sequels * Felicity (comics), a member of DC Comics' Omega Men, now known as Nebula * Felicity, in ''

The Dreamland Chronicles ''The Dreamland Chronicles'' is an all-ages fantasy webcomic and comic book series created by Scott Christian Sava with 3D computer graphics. Plot summary ''The Dreamland Chronicles'' is about a college student, Alex, who returns to a realm of dr ...

'' fantasy webcomic and comic book series * Felicity, in 2009 comedy film ''

The Boat That Rocked ''The Boat That Rocked'' (titled ''Pirate Radio'' in North America) is a 2009 British comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis about pirate radio in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. The film has an ensemble cast consisting of P ...

'' * Felicity, in the novel ''

Felidae Felidae () is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats, and constitutes a clade. A member of this family is also called a felid (). The term "cat" refers both to felids in general and specifically to the ...

'' * Felicity Rivers, in Enid Blyton's book series ''

Malory Towers ''Malory Towers'' is a series of six novels by English children's author Enid Blyton. The series is based on a girls' boarding school that Blyton's daughter attended, Benenden School, which relocated during World War II to the Hotel Bristol i ...

'' * Felicity Lemon, secretary to

Hercule Poirot Hercule Poirot (, ) is a fictional Belgian detective created by British writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-running characters, appearing in 33 novels, two plays ('' Black Coffee'' and ''Alibi''), and more ...

, fictional Belgian detective created by Dame Agatha Christie * Felicity Parham, a background character in ''

The Amazing World of Gumball ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. The series concerns the lives of 12-year-old Gumball Watterson, an anthropomorphic blue cat, and adoptive goldfish brother Darwin, who attend ...

''. * Felicity, a magical cat and the main character in ''

Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty ''Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty'', officially shortened to ''RBUK'' (), is an animated children's television series created by Rich Magallanes. The series is produced by American toy company Funrise and Canadian studio Bardel Entertainment. ...

''.

References

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