Destiny - Origin and Meaning of the name

The girl name Destiny [ 3 syll. des-ti-ny, de-st-iny ] 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'. It represents the transferred use of the vocabulary word as a given name. Destiny is the feminine equivalent of the English Destin. Forms of Destiny include the English names Destinee, Destiney, and Destini.

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 2007, it ranked at #41 with a usage of 0.270%, and it was the most popular within all girl names in its family. Destiny was used 12 times more than the 2nd ranked name, the English Destinee, in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Destiny include the English names Destinee, Destiney, and Destini.

^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)"

Details of famous persons named Destiny:
Actress Miley Cyrus, born Destiny Hope Cyrus 23 November 1992, Franklin, Tennessee.
Pop Musicians Destiny's Child, born 1990, Houston, Texas.

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