Felicia
| Felicia |
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| Gender |
Female |
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| Origin |
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| Word/name |
Latin |
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| Meaning |
happiness |
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| Other names |
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| Short form(s) |
Licia, Fish, Lica, Fliss, Felly, Lish, Fia |
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| Related names |
Felix, Felicity, Félicie |
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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 Brown, Talk Show Host from The CW
- Felicia Buxton, Michigan resident and student
- Felicia Chin, Singaporean actress
- 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
- St. Felicia Meda, a Poor Clare and Founding Abbess of Pesaro, 1444
- Felicia Pearson, American actress from The Wire
- Phylicia Rashād, American actress
Fictional characters
Literature and music
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
See also
- The Sony FeliCa, a smart card system, sometimes misidentified as "the Sony Felicia".