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Destiny

Word name, English from Latin
"destiny, fate"
Pamela Redmond
By Pamela Redmond
Updated Tue Sep 30 2025

Destiny Origin and Meaning

The name Destiny is a girl's name of English, Latin origin meaning "destiny, fate".

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. It has since dipped a bit in popularity but is still widely used. Destiny Hope was the birth name of Miley Cyrus and Destiny Jones is the daughter or rapper Nas.

# 481 in the US

Destiny Rank in US Top 1000

# 2945 on Nameberry

Destiny Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Destiny

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Famous People Named Destiny

  • Destiny Hope "Miley" Cyrus
    American pop singer and actress
  • Destiny Vélez
    Miss Puerto Rico 2015
  • Destiny Chukunyere
    Maltese pop singer
  • Destiny Joy Clark
    American beauty queen; Miss Maryland 2015
  • Ryan Destiny (Irons)
    American actress and singer
  • Destiny Jones (b. 1994)
    daughter of American rapper Nas
  • Destiny Griffin
    daughter of rapper Rakim
  • Destiny Harrison (b. 2009)
    daughter of NFL player Damon Harrison
  • Destiny Brianna Robinson (b. 2009)
    daughter of Christinna Cook and Isaiah Robinson of "16 and Pregnant"

The name Destiny in Pop Culture

  • Destiny Evans
    character on TV's "One Life to Live"
  • Destiny Angel
    character on British TV series "Captain Scarlet"
  • Destiny Rose Flores
    Antonioni, main character in Filipino TV series "Destiny Rose"
  • Destiny
    villain in X,Men comics
  • Destiny
    male character in DC comics
  • Destiny
    dog character on British puppet TV series "Mongrels"
  • Destiny
    whale shark in Pixar's "Finding Dory"
  • Destiny's Child
    American R&B girl group
  • Destiny
    character in the 2019 Film "Hustlers" played by Constance Wu