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Felicitas Mendez was a Puerto Rican activist who fought, along with her husband Gonzalo, to desegregate California's schools so that Hispanic and Mexican-American children could no longer be excluded from the better-resourced "whites only" schools. Their 1946 victory in Mendez v. Westminster resulted in California being the first U.S. state to desegregate its schools and, in many ways, paved the way for the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court victory that ended school segregation across the entire United States in 1954. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicitas_M%C3%A9ndez
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Also Romansh:
Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars
Https://sursassiala.ch/2015/01/15/familienforschung/
Https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=360
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Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars
Https://sursassiala.ch/2015/01/15/familienforschung/
Https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=360
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Also Spanish. As of today, there are 3838 women named Felicitas in Spain (average age: 74). You can check at https://www.ine.es/widgets/nombApell/index.shtml
Pronounced [fe.li'θi.tas] or [fe.li'si.tas] depending on the accent. [noted -ed]
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Pronounced [fe.li'θi.tas] or [fe.li'si.tas] depending on the accent. [noted -ed]
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While I definitely love Felicia way more than I do any Felicity-related name, I do love Felicitas (and Felicity, for that matter) as well. I think Felicity is more wearable these days, but Felicitas is more unusual and unexpected and I like how it seems to me like it has both bags of happy energy, yet at the same something very serious about it, in a noble, stately way. I think. It's beautiful. It also has a strongly Catholic vibe to me, which I'm not actually sure is in line with the reality and whether indeed most women with this name in the world are Catholic, but since I am Catholic myself, that association is a plus for me.
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Felicitas Erben is one of the members of the German female choral ensemble called Sjaella.
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Although the standard Polish form of this name is Felicyta (which is itself a rare name), Felicitas has also enjoyed some use in Poland. No babies were given this name last year, but as of January this year, there have been 18 women with this first name in the whole Polish population. It seems like there is still no data for middle names in the whole population for this year or at least I haven't been able to find it, but last year (2021) 20 women bore the name Felicitas as a middle.
This is not something I know, just my assumption, but I'd think most of these women must have some strong German family connections. A Felicitas could celebrate her Polish name day together with Felicyta (November 23) and use similar nicknames as Felicyta and Felicja, including Fela, Felka, Felcia, Felunia, Felusia, Lunia, Lusia, Lisia, Felisia etc. Etc. Etc.
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This is not something I know, just my assumption, but I'd think most of these women must have some strong German family connections. A Felicitas could celebrate her Polish name day together with Felicyta (November 23) and use similar nicknames as Felicyta and Felicja, including Fela, Felka, Felcia, Felunia, Felusia, Lunia, Lusia, Lisia, Felisia etc. Etc. Etc.
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I prefer this spelling and pronunciation to Felicity. It’s really beautiful and I love the association! If I ever have girl twins, I’m making their middle names Perpetua and Felicitas.
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This is not really different from the other entry [Felicitas (1)] and it’s definitely equivalent to English [Felicity]. The male variant is [Felix]. [noted -ed]
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Obvious equivalents: English [Felicity] and male [Felix].
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An important note on this website's comment on the martyr-saint from Carthage named Felicitas (Felicity): she was a Christian slave, and Perpetua was her *mistress*. Mistress is the feminine form of master. Please use it. In this context, it has nothing to do with a sexual relationship. If you want to avoid using the term altogether, just say that Felicitas was the slave of Perpetua (or belonging to Perpetua), a young Christian noblewoman, with whom she was martyred.
Perpetua was a 22-year-old married noblewoman, and a nursing mother; Felicitas was pregnant and gave birth to her baby before being martyred with Perpetua. Carthage is in modern-day Tunisia in North Africa.
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Perpetua was a 22-year-old married noblewoman, and a nursing mother; Felicitas was pregnant and gave birth to her baby before being martyred with Perpetua. Carthage is in modern-day Tunisia in North Africa.
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A German variant of this name is Felizitas. [noted -ed]
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Goddess Felicitas in Roman Mythology.
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Felicitas is preferable to the annoying, babyish Felicity.
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I think it is a pretty name. It is also my grandmother's name.
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In Germany, we pronounce the name "Feh-LEE-tzee-tahs". [noted -ed]
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This name and its meaning could come from the word FELICITATION meaning good luck/congratulations! which is a very nice meaning! I think it's pronounced Fe-Li-SEE-tas/Fe-LI-si-tas if that helps anyone!
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Pronounced Fuh-liss-uh-tahs.
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