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 [ 3 syll. fe-li-cia, fel-ic-ia ] The girl name Felicia is pronounced FahLIYSHah KEY. Felicia has its origins in the Latin language. It is used largely in Dutch, English, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish. The meaning of Felicia is 'lucky, happy, successful'. Derived from the word felix which is of the meaning 'lucky'. The name evolved as a Latinized feminine form of Felix; it has been used by English speakers since the medieval period. Felicia is the feminine equivalent of the Dutch, English, German, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic Felix. The name Felicia is used to a great extent; it has 34 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Falisha, Feleicia (used in Spanish too), Felica, Felice (used in French too), Felicitas (used in German and Italian too), Felicity, Felisha, Felita, Phelicia, Philicia, and Phylecia. Other English forms include the short form Licia (used in Italian too), the pet forms Flick, Flicka, Lecia, and Lisha, and the spelling variants Falicia (used in Spanish too) and Felecia. Forms of Felicia used in foreign languages include the Polish Fela, the French and German Felicie, the Italian Felicita, the French Felicite, the Polish Felicja, the Dutch Feliece, the Spanish Felisa, the French Felise, the Spanish Felixa, the Spanish Feliz, the German Felizia, the Hungarian Felícia, the Polish Felka, the French Félicie, the French Filicie, and the Hungarian Lícia. Felicia is a form of the English Felicity. Felicia is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1986, 0.167% of baby girls were named Felicia. It was #90 in rank then. The baby name has seen a substantial drop in frequency since then, and is used only on a very light scale now. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Felicia, the English Felicity was the most popular. Baby names that sound like Felicia include the Hungarian Felícia, the English and Spanish Falicia, the English Falisha, the English Felecia, the English Felica, the French and German Felicie, the Polish Felicja, the Dutch Feliece, the Spanish Felisa, the English Felisha, the French Félicie, the French Filicie, the English Phelicia, the English Philicia, the English Phylecia, the English Phylicia, the English and French Felice, the French Felise, the Spanish Felixa, and the Spanish Feliz. A famous person named Felicia is Poet, Felicia Hemans, born Felicia Dorothea Browne 25 September 1793 - 16 May 1835, Liverpool, England. KEY: Pronunciation for Felicia: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
