Felicia
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Latin felicia 'happy; blessed, lucky, fortunate; fertile'. Fem. of Felix.
The English vernacular ffylys is witnessed in 1379 in the relational byname ffylyssoñ (WRYPT1 p. 308).
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1222 Felicia (nom) StPaulDom p. 16;
1279–80 Felicia (nom) WaHR-SK p. 27;
1340xc1450 Felicia (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 7,
Felisia (nom) ibid. p. 7,
ffelicia (nom) ibid. p. 8;
1379 Filisia (nom) WRYPT1 p. 8,
ffelix (nom) ibid. p. 2;
1381 Felis (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 86;
1485–1486 ffelicia (abl) CovGuild-2 p. 60
- Early Modern English
- ● 1551 Felysse BarnstapleBap p. 7;
1560 Pheles DU-DSMMar;
1561 Felys BarnstapleBap p. 11;
1562 Felys ibid. p. 12;
1569 Felice BEmar-vol1 p. 8
- France
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- Old French
- ● 1296 Felize paris1296 p. 26
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1527 Felix (nom) Rome1527 p. 89
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 954 felicia (nom) CDGH XLVII
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Felicia". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Felicia.