Entry № 3288 · Latin origin

Felicitas Felicitas — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ feh-LEE-chee-tahs /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Happiness, good fortune"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "happiness, good fortune".

Felicitas is the Latin word for "happiness" or "good fortune" — personified as the Roman goddess of luck. Saint Felicitas of Carthage (d. 203) was a 3rd-century martyr.

Felicitas is widely used in Germany and Italy.

Happiness. The Roman goddess of luck.

The name in its native script.

Felicitas
Transliteration
Felicitas
Pronunciation
/ fəˈliː.tʃɪ.tɑːs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Felicitas stands.

Felicitas does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Felicitass before her.

Real people
Saint Felicitas
3rd-century Carthaginian martyr.
d. 203
In fiction
Felicitas
Common in German fiction.

Names connected to Felicitas.

The number behind Felicitas.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Felicitas reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.