Certain fortune, fate.
Although often used interchangeably, the words fate and destiny have distinct connotations. 1  Traditional usage defines fate as a power or agency that predetermines and orders the course of events. 2  Fate defines events as ordered or inevitable and unavoidable.  Destiny /des-tiny/ [3 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced DES-tih-nee. It is of Old French origin, and the meaning of Destiny is one's certain fortune, fate. Mythology: the Greek deity of fate. Kreatif forms: Dastiny, Delstiny, Destiwn. (2000 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the birth name popularity of Destiny for girls. Destiny entered the list in 1970-1979 and reached its peak position of #22 in the U.S. in the year 2001, and is currently at #160. (Top 1000 Baby Names Statistics, 2014) Means simply destiny, fate from the English word, ultimately from Latin destinare to determine, a derivative of stare to stand. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world only since the last half of the 20th century. Related Names.  Here are pictures of people with the name Destiny. Help us put a face to the name by uploading your pictures to BabyNames.com!  Comments and insights on the name Destiny: | Edit. Lately I've been thinking about baby names. I was thinking about using Destiny as my girl's middle name when/if I have a girl.  Destiny is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 7 letters and 3 syllables and is pronounced Des-ti-ny. In the U.S. in 2014, it ranked 160 in baby name popularity for girls with 2043 occurrences. View the Destiny Name Popularity Page to see how the popularity trend for Destiny has changed since 1880, or to compare the popularity of Destiny to other names. It ranked 9821 in popular baby names for boys with 7 occurrences. View the Destiny Name Popularity Page to see how the popularity trend for Destiny has changed since 1880, or to compare the popularity of Destiny to other names. Variants of the name Destiny include Destinee, Destinei, Destiney, Destini, Destinie, Deston English Meaning: The name Destiny is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Destiny is: Certain fortune; fate. The mythological Greek god of fate. American Meaning: The name Destiny is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Destiny is: Certain fortune; fate. The mythological Greek god of fate. French Meaning: The name Destiny is a French baby name. In French the meaning of the name Destiny is: Certain fortune; fate. The mythological Greek god of fate.  Hello, Guest. If Destiny is your daughter's destiny, she probably won't be the only one in her school: until 2009, Destiny was in the Top 50, with three of its alternate spellings in hot pursuit, and there were still more than two thousand baby girls given that name last year. 
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