Feliciano
Masculine · “fortunate”
Feliciano is luck, and more than luck: the Latin felix meant fortunate, but also fruitful and thriving, the condition of a field that yields and a life that goes well. It was a Roman name before it was a Christian one, and Spanish and Italian have both kept it.
How old is the name Feliciano?
Feliciano first appears in US birth records in 1911 — 114 years ago. The typical Feliciano alive today was born around 1979, making them about 46 years old. About 1,700 people named Feliciano are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Feliciano most popular?
Feliciano peaked in 1945, reaching #1296 nationally. Today it ranks #4857, 3,561 places below that high. See the whole 1945 chart.
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Where it comes from
From felix to Feliciano
The story of Feliciano
Felix was among the commonest Roman names, taken as a title by generals who wanted their luck advertised, and Felicianus is the family name built on it. Christianity kept both through a long list of martyrs. Spanish, Portuguese and Italian all took Feliciano and it spread through Latin America and the Philippines, where it was widely given into the twentieth century. It has grown quieter since, along with most of the long Latinate names of its generation.
Meaning
fortunate; happy
Latin Felicianus, from felix, felicis, which meant fertile and productive before it meant lucky. The same root gives the English words felicity and felicitous.
How the name formed
- felix
- Felicianus
- Feliciano
Related forms: Feliciano · Feliciano · Félicien · Felicianus
Pronouncing Feliciano
feh-lee-see-AH-noh
Five syllables, stress on the fourth, all vowels open. Italian says it almost identically.
Nicknames for Feliciano
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1911
- Most boys named
- 197940 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1296reached in 1945
- Change vs 2023
- +33.3%20 in 2025, from 15
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Feliciano in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Feliciano in Italian — same name
- Feliciano in Portuguese — same name
- Félicien in French — same name
- Felicianus in Latin — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California.
Felicianos among us
people named Feliciano are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 85,404 born in 2025 was named Feliciano
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Haruo test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Feliciano's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Haruo climbed just as high around 1921, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Haruo's path sketches the road Feliciano is walking now.
Feliciano sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Feliciano beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Feliciano in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is warm, documented and easy to state in one word.
- Chano and Felo are established short forms with long histories of their own.
- It works in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese households without adjustment.
- Five syllables is a great deal of name for an American form.
- It sounds of an earlier generation in Spanish, which is heritage to some families and age to others.
- Feliciano is also a well-known surname, so it is sometimes read as a last name written first.
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Frequently asked
- How many Felicianos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Feliciano are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Feliciano in 2025?
- Feliciano ranks #4857 among US boy names in 2025, with 20 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Feliciano?
- About 1 in every 85,404 US boys born in 2025 was named Feliciano — 20 in all.
- Will my child share the name Feliciano with classmates?
- Feliciano will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Feliciano
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