Meaning of the nameFeliciana

Female
Latin origin
Fe-li-ci-a-na

Feliciana is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Feliciano, which is linked to Latin felix, 'fortunate, successful'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Feliciano, linked to Latin felix, 'fortunate, successful'”

Source: Behind the Name: Felicianus · Behind the Name: Felix

People (2022): 2,400
Rank in Brazil: #4,533
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 3,390; people

Feliciana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Feliciana, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (431 people).

2,381 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Feliciana is most common

States with the highest share of people named Feliciana in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Piauí 0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.004%
Maranhão 0.003%
Mato Grosso 0.003%
Pará 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	266	0.002%
Minas Gerais	241	0.001%
São Paulo	237	0.001%
Maranhão	223	0.003%
Pará	178	0.002%
Piauí	121	0.004%
Mato Grosso	120	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	111	0.001%
Ceará	103	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	100	0.004%
Goiás	99	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	96	0.001%
Pernambuco	92	0.001%
Tocantins	58	0.004%
Distrito Federal	56	0.002%
Paraná	54	0.001%
Santa Catarina	53	0.001%
Amazonas	44	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	23	0.001%
Paraíba	22	0.001%
Espírito Santo	22	0.001%
Amapá	18	0.003%
Alagoas	17	0.001%
Sergipe	17	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Feliciana

Feliciana is the feminine of Feliciano. Behind the Name gives Felicianus as the Latin form of Feliciano, linked to Latin felix, which the same site translates as 'fortunate, successful', and lists Feliciana as the feminine form. Wiktionary lists Feliciana as a feminine proper noun, with the corresponding masculine Feliciano. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,400 people named Feliciana, with a median age of 60, almost all of them female. Births are concentrated in the 1940s through the 1960s, and, proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.

Sources

Wiktionary: Feliciana · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Felicianus · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Felix · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Feliciana

What does the name Feliciana mean?

Feliciana means “feminine form of Feliciano, linked to Latin felix, 'fortunate, successful'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Feliciana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,400 people with the first name Feliciana, which ranks it number 4,533 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Feliciana a boy's or a girl's name?

Feliciana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,381 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Feliciana?

Feliciana is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Feliciana most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.004% of the state's population is named Feliciana (121 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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