Felicia
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, masculine equivalent Felix.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Felicia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Felicia has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 721 |
| 1999 | 617 |
| 2000 | 661 |
| 2001 | 635 |
| 2002 | 624 |
| 2003 | 600 |
| 2004 | 509 |
| 2005 | 531 |
| 2006 | 518 |
| 2007 | 658 |
| 2008 | 452 |
| 2009 | 431 |
| 2010 | 399 |
| 2011 | 372 |
| 2012 | 342 |
| 2013 | 345 |
| 2014 | 346 |
| 2015 | 271 |
| 2016 | 257 |
| 2017 | 215 |
| 2018 | 211 |
| 2019 | 141 |
| 2020 | 125 |
| 2021 | 114 |
| 2022 | 111 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,884 |
| 2000 | 6,521 |
| 2001 | 7,158 |
| 2002 | 7,766 |
| 2003 | 8,371 |
| 2004 | 8,868 |
| 2005 | 9,373 |
| 2006 | 9,882 |
| 2007 | 10,537 |
| 2008 | 10,994 |
| 2009 | 11,437 |
| 2010 | 11,835 |
| 2011 | 12,211 |
| 2012 | 12,550 |
| 2013 | 12,893 |
| 2014 | 13,241 |
| 2015 | 13,492 |
| 2016 | 13,741 |
| 2017 | 13,953 |
| 2018 | 14,136 |
| 2019 | 14,238 |
| 2020 | 14,333 |
Felicia in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Felicia.Hi! My name is Felicia.
- Felicia har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Felicia has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Felicia i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Felicia this afternoon.
- Felicias mamma är lärare.Felicia's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Felicias mamma is Felicia's mum.
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Questions about Felicia
How do you pronounce Felicia in Swedish?
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What does the name Felicia mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, masculine equivalent Felix.
How popular is Felicia in Sweden?
111 babies were named Felicia in 2022. In 2020, 14,333 people in Sweden had Felicia as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.