The first name Félicité

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About the first name Félicité

Meaning

The name Félicité traditionally means “happiness,” “good fortune,” or “felicity”.

Historical origin

The name Félicité comes from Latin Felicitas, an abstract noun formed from felix “happy, fortunate”.

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Devotion to saints strongly contributed to the spread of Félicité; religious calendars long influenced naming choices in Quebec.

Pronunciation:fé-li-si-téfelisit.e

Frequency of the first name Félicité by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Félicité by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name FélicitéLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Félicité in baptisms by year.50037525012501665171317611809185719051665–1669 30 baptisms1695–1699 6 baptisms1700–1704 36 baptisms1705–1709 30 baptisms1710–1714 42 baptisms1715–1719 30 baptisms1720–1724 12 baptisms1725–1729 18 baptisms1730–1734 42 baptisms1735–1739 60 baptisms1740–1744 90 baptisms1745–1749 66 baptisms1750–1754 126 baptisms1755–1759 96 baptisms1760–1764 126 baptisms1765–1769 114 baptisms1770–1774 151 baptisms1775–1779 267 baptisms1780–1784 170 baptisms1785–1789 211 baptisms1790–1794 186 baptisms1795–1799 247 baptisms1800–1804 221 baptisms1805–1809 401 baptisms1810–1814 393 baptisms1815–1819 350 baptisms1820–1824 353 baptisms1825–1829 199 baptisms1830–1834 274 baptisms1835–1839 213 baptisms1840–1844 202 baptisms1845–1849 146 baptisms1850–1854 133 baptisms1855–1859 93 baptisms1860–1864 110 baptisms1865–1869 42 baptisms1870–1874 49 baptisms1875–1879 56 baptisms1880–1884 24 baptisms1885–1889 57 baptisms1890–1894 18 baptisms1895–1899 6 baptisms1900–1904 6 baptisms1905–1909 7 baptisms

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