Felicia - Origin and Meaning of the name

The girl name Felicia [ 3 syll. fe-li-cia, fel-ic-ia ] is pronounced FahLIYSHah ^KEY. Felicia has its origins in the Latin language. It is used largely in English, Hungarian, Italian, and Romanian. The meaning of Felicia is 'lucky, successful'. Derived from the word felix which has the meaning 'lucky'. The name evolved as a Latinized feminine form of Felix; it has been used since the medieval period. Felicia is the feminine equivalent of the English, German, and Romanian Felix.

Forms of Felicia include the German Felicie, the Spanish Felisa, the German Felizia, and the Hungarian Lícia.

In addition, Felicia is a form of the English Felicity. See also the related form, the English and Italian Licia.

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 2007, 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 German Felicie, the Spanish Felisa, the German Felizia, the Turkish Filiz, the English Phillis, the English Phylis, the English Phyliss, the English and German Phyllis, and the English Flick.

^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)"

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for Felicia
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for Felicia
in 2007