Destiny
DES-tih-nee
A name that points to fate, one’s allotted future, or a life path seen as already set.
Meaning
Destiny comes through English from the idea of ‘that which is destined’ or ‘fate.’ The word is ultimately linked to Latin roots behind the notion of something fixed or appointed, and in modern use it names a person as much as an abstract force. The excerpts mainly illustrate the older sense of a person’s destiny as an unavoidable future or appointed end.
Origin
EnglishMiddle EnglishLatinfeminine
Fun fact
As a given name, Destiny is a modern virtue-and-abstraction name rather than a traditional saints’ or royal name.
Confidence: pattern inferred. Sources: History of Christian Names.