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 [ 3 syll. des-ti-ny, de-st-iny ] The girl name Destiny is pronounced DEHSTahNiy KEY. Destiny is of English origin and it is also used mainly in English. Derived from destiny ; destinare 'to determine, to destine'. The name is from the common English word, which is itself of French and ultimately Latin origin. It is usually chosen to wish the child a bright future. The name was first used by English speakers in the later half of the 20th century. It was made known by the British science fiction TV series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967-1968), in which the five female pilots were codenamed Destiny, Symphony, Melody, Rhapsody, and Harmony. Destiny is the feminine equivalent of the English Destin. Forms of the name include the English Destanee, the Spanish Destina, and the English Destine. The spelling variants Destinee (English), Destiney (English), Destini (English), and Destinie (English) are other forms of Destiny. Destiny is very popular as a baby girl name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1970s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest height of its usage in 2000, 0.493% of baby girls were named Destiny. It was #24 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #48 with a usage of 0.255%, and it was the most popular within all girl names in its family. Destiny was used 11 times more than the 2nd ranked name, the English Destinee, in 2008. Baby names that sound like Destiny include the English Destinee, the English Destiney, the English Destinie, the English Desdamona, the English Destanee, the Spanish Destina, the English Destini, the English Desdemona, the English Destine, the English Dustin, and the English Dustyn. Details of famous persons named Destiny: KEY: Pronunciation for Destiny: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
