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What does Happy mean?
Happy 
as a girls' name is of English origin, and the meaning of Happy is "cheerful". From the word originally meaning "prosperous", derived from hap "chance". Used in the 19th century; Felicity and Hilary are more common in modern times. Happy is sometimes used as a nickname nowadays. The late Nelson Rockefeller's wife was named Happy. Compare Merry and Gay.
STARTS WITH Ha-
ASSOCIATED WITH prosperous (wealthy), 19th century, modern
Variations
ALTERNATIVE FORM VIA FELICITY, GAY, HILARY, MERRY Hilly
MASCULINE FORM Habib
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Haply, ..
(male) Haply, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Happy Whitney (H.W.), ..
How popular is Happy?
Happy is an unusual given name for females but a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#40019 out of 150436, Top 27%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of Happy (NOT RANKED) are Felicity (#354 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Gay, Hilary and Merry. Usage of these relations of Happy was common 3 decades ago (USAGE OF 0.07%) and is almost as conventional today (USAGE 0.05%, ▼22.7%), but with forms like Hilary becoming somewhat dated. Felicity is the most chic girl name in this compilation. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Hadly, Haely, Haily▼, Haley▼, Hally, Hanny, Hany, Harly, Hatsy, Hatty, Hepsy, Peppy, Pippy and Poppy▲. These names tend to be more commonly used than Happy.
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