Felina
From Latin, the root behind *felix*: lucky, happy. Almost no one in Poland carries it, only a handful of women, so meeting a Felina would stay with you.
Felina Pronunciation
Felina is pronounced fe-LEE-nah (/fɛˈlina/).
What Felina means
Where Felina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Felina grows from Latin, from the root behind felix, the word for lucky, happy, fruitful. A Roman who was felix had fortune on their side. The feminine ending turns that fortune into a name, and the short meaning stays close: lucky and happy, szczęśliwa in Polish.
There is a second Latin word that sounds almost the same. Felinus means cat-like, from feles, the cat. The two are near neighbours by sound alone. Felina belongs to the first of these, the fortune word rather than the animal.
The name is rare. On a Polish class register it would stand out, one Felina among the Annas and Julias. That rarity is part of what it offers. A child called Felina carries a Latin claim to good luck, the sense held in one word: szczęśliwa.
When Felina celebrates name day
Felina appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 1 June.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Felina
1 in 4508767 women in Poland is named Felina. 5 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #25727 among female names.