Felicity

  • [ fi-LIS-i-tee ]
  • English
From the English word felicity meaning "happiness", which ultimately derives from Latin felicitas "good luck". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans around the 17th century. It can sometimes be used as an English form of the Latin name FELICITAS. This name was revived in the late 1990s after the appearance of the television series 'Felicity'.

FELICITAS   female   German, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Latin name which meant "good luck, fortune". In Roman mythology the goddess Felicitas was the personification of good luck. It was borne by a 3rd-century saint, a slave martyred with her master Perpetua in Carthage.
EQUIVALENTS
FRENCH: Félicité
GERMAN: Felicitas, Felizitas
HUNGARIAN: Felicitás
ITALIAN: Felicita
LATE ROMAN: Felicitas
POLISH: Felicyta
PORTUGUESE: Felicidade
ROMAN MYTHOLOGY: Felicitas
SPANISH: Felicidad
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Flick
HUNGARIAN: Zita
POLISH: Zyta
OTHER FORMS
ENGLISH: Flick
FRENCH: Félicité
GERMAN: Felicitas, Felizitas
HUNGARIAN: Felicitás, Zita
ITALIAN: Felicita
LATE ROMAN: Felicitas
POLISH: Felicyta, Zyta
PORTUGUESE: Felicidade
ROMAN MYTHOLOGY: Felicitas
SPANISH: Felicidad