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Felicity

Girl name · 378 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Felicity: 378 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 18 births in 2017.

Felicity flows directly from the Latin *felicitas*, meaning happiness, good fortune, or fruitfulness, and was embraced by early Christians as a virtue name. The most famous bearer is the Roman martyr Saint Felicity, a young mother who died alongside her seven sons in the 2nd century. In modern times, actresses Felicity Huffman and Felicity Jones have brought a warm, approachable quality to the name. The word itself appears in place names like Felicity, Ohio, a small town founded on the concept of happiness. A notable variant is the Spanish Felicidad, while the name is perhaps best known internationally through the late-1990s American television series *Felicity*, which introduced a new generation to this joyful, underused classic.