Felicia
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Meaning | happiness |
| Other names | |
| Short form(s) | Licia, Fish, Lica, Fliss, Felly, Lish, Fia |
| Related names | Felix, Felicity, Félicie |
Look up Felix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
The name Felicia derives from the Latin adjective felix, meaning "happy", though in the neuter plural form felicia it literally means "happy things" and often occurred in the phrase tempora felicia, "happy times". The sense of it as a feminine personal name appeared in post-Classical use and is of uncertain origin. It is associated with saints, poets, astronomical objects, plant genera, fictional characters, and animals, especially cats.
People
- Felicia Nimue Ackerman, Brown University Philosophy professor, monthly op-ed columnist, poet and author
- Felicia Barton, a semifinalist on the eighth season of American Idol
- Felicia Brandström, Swedish singer and one of the contestants in Swedish Idol 2006
- Felicia Chin, Singaporean actress
- Felicia Cornaro (d. 1111), Venetian dogaressa and de facto politian
- Felicia Day, American actress
- Felicia Farr (born 1932), actress, widow of Jack Lemmon
- Felicia Hano, American artistic gymnast
- Felicia Browne Hemans (1793–1835), English poet
- Felicia Pearson, American actress from The Wire
- Phylicia Rashad, American actress
Fictional characters
- Felicia (Darkstalkers), a catgirl from the Capcom video game series Darkstalkers
- Felicia Hardy, more commonly known by her alias, Black Cat, a Marvel Comics character
- Felicia Tilman, a fictional character in Desperate Housewives played by Harriet Sansom Harris
- Felicia Forrester, a fictional character in The Bold and the Beautiful
Literature and music
- Felicia's Journey, a 1992 novel by Irish novelist William Trevor which was made into a movie by Atom Egoyan
- "Felicia", a song by The Constellations
- "Felicia No Capecia", a song by Louis Prima in the early 20th century
- Felicia´s svenska suite, a 1978 album by Cornelis Vreeswijk, featuring the character Felicia from Aksel Sandemose's 1958 novel Varulven
Sciences
- Hurricane Felicia (disambiguation), three tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
- 294 Felicia, an asteroid in the main belt of the solar system
- Felicia (genus), a genus of daisy-like flowering plants
Other
- Škoda Felicia, an automobile
See also
- The Sony FeliCa, a smart card system, sometimes misidentified as "the Sony Felicia".