Meaning: Its source is destinata, a Latin name meaning "An inevitable course of events."

Languages: This girl's name is used in English.

Alternative Spellings: Destinee, Destiney, Destini and Destinie

Popularity: The name Destiny ranked 28th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 1074th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

This name first made its appearance on state popularity lists of the 1990s, and has been trending upward in usage ever since.