Destiny
Destiny is a girl name of French origin, meaning Fate; what is meant to be.
What Destiny means
Fate; what is meant to be.
Destiny sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Destiny comes from
French names descend largely from Latin and Germanic roots, reshaped by centuries of sound change. Many entered English after the Norman conquest and now exist in both forms.
Destiny is recorded as French in origin. Browse other French names.
How popular is Destiny?
Destiny sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Destiny
We group Destiny under Hope. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Hope
Names like Destiny
These share Destiny's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Nadia — Hope.
- Asha — Life; hope.
- Esperanza — Hope.
- Faith — Complete trust and devotion.
- Hope — Optimism; trust in the future.
- Journey — A life's voyage.
- Solace — Comfort in sorrow.
- Tendai — Be thankful.
- Tikva — Hope.
- Bashir — Bringer of good news.
- Bodie — Shelter; a messenger.
- Future — The time yet to come.