Felicity?

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

I love the name Felicity. I love the old-fashioned quality of it. I love that it means happy. I've overcome a lot of depression and anxiety in my life and I feel like that makes it a very good name choice for a daughter I might have. My maiden name is the German "Froehlich" which means "merry," so I thought it would be a good way to incorporate my family name without actually naming a child "Froehlich."

My questions are:

1. Would you automatically think of the TV show?

2. Is it getting too popular?

3. What are good nicknames for this name? So far I've come up with: Flicka, Flossie, Flix, Lissa and Lissy but I'm wondering if you creative people can come up with any more? Lisa? My husband thinks "Fitty" as in "Fitty-Cent" would be awesome but I'm not so convinced.

ETA: 4. Would my daughter get called "Fellatio?"

Comments

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i think its a beautiful and perfect choice for you, given your past and your maiden name. all signs point to it being the right name for your daughter.

first thing i think of is the tv show, but thats because i watched it (practically) religiously. it wasnt a hugely popular show and a lot of people have never even heard of it. if you love it, i wouldnt worry about it. plus, in ten years people will forget that show ever existed.

i knew a girl named felice, which i love, and that was her full name, but i always thought it could be a good nick for felicity too. of the nicknames you listed, i personally like lissy the best. i cant think of any others, sorry.

oh and no i dont think she will be called fellatio. thats a bit of a stretch, even for teenagers. ;)

[lneef.livejournal.com]

No, I don't think so, why do you need one, and probably not.

It's lovely.

[straight-outta.livejournal.com]

1. No

2. No, I haven't heard many Felicity's. Mostly because I think it's seen a prissy sort of name, at least that's what most people I know have said about it.

3. Lissy, Liz, even.

4. Nope!

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

1. Maybe I'm too young, but no TV shows come to mind

2. I don't think it's too popular. I kind of like it, not common. I don't know any girls named Felicity. I also like the idea of using it to incorporate your family name.

3. My nickname used to be Flossy! Absolutely unrelated to my own name...but there you go.
I thought of Felix as a nickname, but that might be too masculine. I think it's cute.

4. I also didn't think of this when I saw the name so IMO, no.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

1998, "Felicity" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134247/

:)

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

1. personally, I would. but that's not necessarily a bad thing
2. I don't think so
3.
4. I'd sure hope not

but honestly, I love the connection of Felicity with your maiden name.

[heure-actuelle.livejournal.com]

it reminds me more of my American Girl doll than the t.v. show! ha. but it is a pretty name.

[mystickiwi.livejournal.com]

same!

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i love the name, personally.

1- yes, but i love the show!
2- even if it is, if you love it, who cares.
3- Lissy, Lissa... or maybe a middle name nick name?
4- uhm, yes, maybe. lol

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i only say yes to #4 because on the tv show, they called her that before lol

[chibiaichan.livejournal.com]

my cousin is having her baby in dec. and if it is a girl (that didnt opt to find out) she will be naming her Felicity Bree. Not my style but it's not bad =)

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

How Desperate Housewives can you get ;)

[chibiaichan.livejournal.com]

lol i didn't know that... cuz i dont watch those shows. interesting...

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

One of the main characters is Bree, and one of the lead actresses is named Felicity Huffman.

[chibiaichan.livejournal.com]

i'm not sure if she knows either.. i don't know if she watches the show, and she is orgianally is from Australia... ^^***

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY what I thought. lol

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

1. Yeah, probably, it hit big when I was in high school, so I watched it.

2. No. I've never met or encountered a real person with this name, except for actress Felicity Huffman.

4. I don't think most kids are that clever :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/hajari_/]

1. Nope

2. I don't think so

3. I know two Felicitys, both called Fliss

4. I really doubt it. I wouldn't have thought of it. And even it did somehow happen... Well, that's no reason not to use the name, teenagers can and will turn any name into a dirty word or insult.

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

I love the name Felicity! It's in my top ten. I don't think it's getting that popular. I'd love to use the name but the only nickname I could think of was Lissy or Lis, the latter being my nickname. You gave me some ideas!

[anapology.livejournal.com]

It's my bf's favourite girls name and I adore it too.
Sooo chances are we'll be using it. I don't think of the tv show at all..
Too popular, no.. it's banded around on name boards a bit, but I haven't seen it used much. I think I notice it more becasuse it's a favourite.

I don't care for any nickanme derivative really, but I know two Felicitys. One goes by Fliss the other goes by Fizzy.

No I doubt it. By the time kids are old enough to knowthe word Felllatio they;'ll be out of the name calling stage.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I don't like it a lot to be honest, but it's not a bad name. I just don't like the way it sounds.

1. I've never heard of the TV show.
2. Not as far as I'm aware.
3. The Felicitys I've known have gone by Flick or Fliss.
4. I wouldn't have thought so.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I love Felicity. My friends sister had a baby called Felicity and her nn is Flick.

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I knew a Felicity in primary school/high school and she was called Flea.

I don't think many people would think of the show and I don't think it is too popular.

I have a friend who's name is Claire Felicity and I think that is a lovely combination.

[emilyintheglass.livejournal.com]

I didn't think of the tv show until you mentioned it. I thought of Felicity King off the series Avonlea (who incidentally has a brother named Felix!)

I'm an elem librarian and we've not had any Felicity(s) in the 8 years I've been there.

I don't think the negative nickname will be an issue.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

I love Lucy Maud Montgomery! The Road to Avonlea series was based on two books, The Story Girl and the Golden Road. That's where I originally heard the name Felicity. In the books, Felix is Felicity's cousin, not brother.

[emilyintheglass.livejournal.com]

It been at least 10 years since I've read the books. =)

He was a brother in the TV series I believe.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

Do you post at A Tangled Web by any chance? There is someone there with the same SN.

[emilyintheglass.livejournal.com]

No, but I would love a link to the site! =)

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

1. No, I was too young to watch the show so it more reminds me of the American Girl Doll (she was my favorite)

2. No I don't.

3. Flossie and Fliss are cute.

4. I don't think so...

overall I think it's a really really great name!! It's so pretty but still classic.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I automatically think of the American Girl Doll, and then the TV show. But I think the doll doesn't matter, and the TV show is more generational. I also don't think it's too popular at all.

I like Lissa and Lissy as nicknames:)

Your daughter would NOT get called Fellatio unless she was doing something in high school that warranted the nickname. Kids are cruel, yes, but sometimes I think people assume they are way more cruel than they really are; the chances of a kid getting a nickname like that are pretty slim. And if they do, chances are good that they totally deserve it.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Was the book you read 'A Great and Terrible Beauty'?

I always wanted the Felicity doll and all her accessories. I asked for it every Christmas and birthday, even though it was like $2000 American, and I knew my parents would never get it for me. XD

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

I would think of Felicity the American Girl first.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I do think of the TV show, but not overwhelmingly. I doubt that kids her age would even know the TV show existed.

I haven't noticed it getting popular at all.

I like Lissa or Lissy, I'm too uncreative to think up anything else, sorry. Fitty-Cent is awesome, though. :P

I seriously doubt that she would get called 'Fellatio'. That takes too much brainpower for people to think up.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Felicity is lovely!

I think of Felicity Huffman, not the TV show.

I HATE the nickname Flicka for Felicity. Puke! Lisa could be a nickname of Felicity, but I don;t know why you'd want to nickname such a lovely name.

I have a friend Felicia who lovingly goes by Flea, lol.

Fitty... uh... no.

I also don't think that anyone would call her fellatio. By the time you're old enough to know that word, you probably wouldn't be making fun of a girl for having the name Felicity. That doesn't even make sense to me.

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

An acquaintance calls her daughter "Fissy". Can't say I'm fond of that particular nickname, but Felicity is nice.

If fellatio ever comes up as a negative nickname, it won't be until later--probably high school or after. Never have I known an elementary or junior high student who bothered with technical terms for anything sexual.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

1. No. I'd think of the American Girl doll first, LOL.
2. I don't think so.
3. Fee
4. Honestly, I think I'm one of the few teenagers who knows what that word means, so I doubt it.

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

1. What t.v. show?
2. No
3. Fee
4. Only if the children are very sick minded...