Names That Mean Joy Or Happiness
Names whose recorded root means joy, happiness or good fortune — Beatrice ('she who makes happy'), Felicia (Latin fēlīx) and their kin.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
beatrix — “she who makes happy” | 583#508 | Up 44 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
fēlīcia — “happy things” | 22#5,606 | Down 542 rank positions in five years | 1986 | ||
Fēlīx — “happy, lucky” | 2,064#175 | Up 50 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
hilare — “cheerfully” | 67#2,592 | Up 479 rank positions in five years | 1992 | ||
taitaz — “radiant, glad, cheerful, tender” | 1,862#194 | Up 159 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Hilarius — “cheerful, happy” | 24#5,300 | Up 243 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
alai — “joyful” | 2,318#117 | Up 3 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
khárma — “joy” via Charmian | —Unranked | — | 1952 | ||
wynn + friþ — “joy + peace” | —Unranked | — | 1922 | ||
faraḥ — “joy” | 164#1,350 | Up 76 rank positions in five years | 2012 | ||
blīþe — “merry” | 92#2,052 | Up 51 rank positions in five years | 2013 | ||
allegra — “cheerful” | 36#3,978 | Down 1,264 rank positions in five years | 1988 | ||
beatrix — “she who makes happy” via Beatrice | 83#2,218 | Up 932 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
ānanda — “joy, delight, pleasure” | 15#5,870 | Down 1,008 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
beatrix — “she who makes happy” via Beatrice | —Unranked | — | 1932 | ||
beatrix — “she who makes happy” via Beatrice | 11#9,412 | Up 2,642 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
beatrix — “she who makes happy” via Beatrice | —Unranked | — | 1991 | ||
khárma — “joy” | —Unranked | — | 1970 | ||
laetitia — “happiness” | —Unranked | — | 2004 | ||
fēstus — “joyful, merry” | —Unranked | — | 1916 | ||
ānaṃdī — “joyful, blissful” | —Unranked | — | 2013 | ||
harṣita — “delighted, joyful, cheerful” | —Unranked | — | 2010 | ||
pramoda — “joy, delight, happiness” | —Unranked | — | 2005 |
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Every name here has a documented root whose literal meaning matches this theme. Each name’s subtitle gives its documented root and meaning. Where it says "via", the name is a recorded form of another name (Maggie of Margaret) and the meaning is the base name's. Roots are extracted from etymologies on Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). Ranks come from official birth card-application data; "—" means fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, a genuinely rare pick rather than an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.