What do you think of the name Felicity?

[Lucile3555]

DH and I both love it.

I never thought of it until I saw a video today with the actress Felicity Jones, and now it's stuck in my list of favourite names for our baby girl due early 2021!

I'm not from the UK originally, so curious as to how it's considered here?

I actually am not keep if the sound of it - it’s sounds sort of like “fussy or pernickety” but... I know felicity and she goes by fliss and she’s lovely.

Really good classy name, well known but not at all common. Definitely passes the lawyer test so beloved of MN.

As others have said the only famous Felicity I can think of is Felicity Kendall who is a good and famously attractive actress, she'll be in her 70s now and I think most people's associations with her would be very good. Her most famous role was in a phenomenally successful sitcom in the 70s called 'The Good Life' but she's had a very long and successful career.

I love it and it was on my list. Decided against it as it seems to be getting more and more popular. But not super common.

I wanted a "happy" name for DD2 and it was between Felicity (Latin Feliciter = happiness) and Joy. Went for Joy. If there had been a DD3 Felicity was a strong contender.

I really like it . I think it was on my parents list for me. And I've always liked it as a what if name. Would consider it for my dd

I know a little girl called Felicity! Her nickname is Fizz

It's a beautiful name, unusual and feminine.

I like it. It means happiness. I like the other happiness names too: Allegra, Joy, Blithe, Hilary.

I have an irrational hatred of this name. No idea why. Judging by other comments on this thread I’m alone in that. The nickname Flick just makes me think of ‘flick the bean’...sorry!

Really classic name that's never been overly popular, with many wonderful nickname possibilities. I also like Felicia.

I ADORE it. An excellent choice @Lucile3555

Too long and too prissy. Not keen on the Flick/Fizz type nn.

I love it. I think Fliss is a cute nickname too.