Felix (name)

Felix
Pronunciation	English: /ˈfiːlɪks/ FEE-liks; French: [feliks]; Swedish: [ˈfěːlɪks]; Polish: [ˈfɛliks]; Spanish: [ˈfeliks]; Catalan: [ˈfɛliks]; Portuguese: [ˈfɛliʃ]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	"lucky" or "successful"
Other names
Related names	Felicity; Felicia;

Felix is a masculine given name that stems from Latin felix [ˈfeːliːks] (genitive felicis [feːˈliːkɪs]) and means "happy" or "lucky". Its female form is Felicity.^[1]

In German, Dutch, Czech, Slovenian, Romanian and Scandinavian languages the form "Felix" is the same as English. In French, Hungarian, Slovak, Portuguese and Spanish it is written with an acute accent, "Félix", whereas in Catalan it is written with a grave accent, "Fèlix". The Italian form of the name is "Felice", and its Polish and Croatian form is "Feliks".

View a list of notable people with the name "Felix" below.

Romans[]

Antonius Felix, procurator of Judaea
A part of many Roman emperors' titles, starting with Commodus
Flavius Felix (died 430), Roman consul
Felix (son of Entoria), son of Saturn and Entoria and brother of Janus in Roman mythology
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (138–78 BC), Roman dictator commonly known as Sulla

Late Antiquity and Middle Ages[]

Saints[]

"Saint Felix" may refer to:

Felix of Heraclea, martyred with Januarius
Felix and Constantia (d. 68), martyrs
Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus (d. c. 212), martyrs
Felix of Nola (d. c. 255)
Felix and Regula (d. 286), martyrs
Felix of Thibiuca (d. 303), bishop of Thibiuca, and patron of Venosa, martyred with Audactus, Fortunatus, Januarius, and Septimus
Felix and Adauctus (d. c. 303), martyrs
Felix and Nabor (d. c. 303), martyrs
Felix of Girona (d. 304), martyr
Felix of Como (d. c. 390)
Felix of Nîmes (4th century)
Felix (d. c. 310), martyred at Furci with Justin of Siponto
Felix of Hadrumetum (d. c. 434) North African Catholic bishop
Felix of Cornwall (5th or 6th century)
Felix of Nantes (died 584), bishop of Nantes
Felix of Burgundy (7th century), who introduced Christianity to the East Anglians
Felix (d. 852), one of the Martyrs of Córdoba with Aurelius and Natalia
Felix the Hermit (9th century)
Felix of Rhuys (d. 1038)
Felix of Valois (d. 1212)
Felix, martyred with Anesius

Popes[]

Pope Felix I (269–274)
Antipope Felix II (356–365)
Pope Felix III (483–492)
Pope Felix IV (526–530)
Antipope Felix V, earlier Amadeus VIII of Savoy (1439–1449)

Bishops and priests[]

Felix (bishop of Urgell) (died 818), Christian bishop and theologian
Felix of Byzantium (fl. early 2nd century), bishop of Byzantium
Felix of Ravenna, archbishop in 709-724
Felix, Frankish clerk of King Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (fl. 9th century)
Felix, author of a Life of Saint Guthlac

Early modern period (1500–1799)[]

Felix of Cantalice (died 1587)
Felix of Nicosia (died 1787)

Modern times (1800–present)[]

Aliases[]

Felix (musician), the alias of British DJ and producer Francis Wright
Felix da Housecat, American House music DJ and record producer
The pseudonym of Nicholas Wanostrocht, 19th-century English cricketer
The codename of Cold War spy Dieter Gerhardt
The pen name of Tom Horan, Australian Test cricketer and cricket journalist

Given name[]

Felix Dexter (1961–2013), British comedian
Felix Adler (screenwriter) (1884–1963), film writer, known for writing many The Three Stooges scripts
Felix Adler (professor) (1851–1933), German-American popular lecturer and founder of Ethical Culture
Felix Agnus (1839–1925), American military officer and newspaper editor
Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (1887–1966), Dutch geophysicist and geodesist
Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player
Felix Batista, American security expert who was kidnapped in 2008
Felix Baumgartner, Austrian skydiver who set the world record for the highest skydive at 127,000 feet (39 km)
Felix Behrend (1911–1962), German and Australian mathematician
Felix Bloch (1905–1983), physicist and Nobel laureate
Felix Brych, German football referee
Felix Bwalya (1970–1997), boxer from Zambia
Félix Caballero, Dominican priest
Felix Calonder (1863–1952), Swiss politician
Felix Cavaliere, American music producer and musician
Félix Chopin (1813–1892), French bronze designer, active in Russia
Felix Dias Bandaranaike (1930-1985), Sri Lanka Minister of Finance from 1975 to 1977
Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike I (1861-1947), Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike II (1891-1951), Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Felix Maria Diogg (1762–1834), Swiss Classicism portrait painter
Felix Dodds, British sustainable development activist, politician and author
Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877–1926), Polish Communist, founder of Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka
Felix Ehrlich (1877–1942), German chemist and biochemist
Félix Faure (1841–1899), President of France from 1895 until 1899
Félix Fénéon (1861–1944), French anarchist and art critic
Félix Fermín, former Major League Baseball player born in the Dominican Republic
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962
Félix Omar Fernández, Puerto Rican track and field athlete
Félix González-Torres (1957–1996), Cuban-American artist
Félix Guattari (1930–1992), French psychotherapist and philosopher
Felix Hamrin (1875–1937), Prime Minister of Sweden August–September 1932
Felix Hanemann, bassist and keyboardist for the American rock band Zebra
Felix Hausdorff (1868–1942), German mathematician, founder of modern topology
Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball pitcher
Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1905–1993), first President of Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa
Félix José Hernández, Venezuelan football midfielder
Felix Hoffmann (1868–1946), German chemist and inventor of Aspirin
Felix Hoffmann (basketball), German basketball player
Felix Jaehn, German DJ and producer
Felix Jones, American football player
Felix Jones (rugby union), Irish rugby union player
Felix Kaspar (1915–2003), Austrian figure skater
Felix Klein (1849–1925), German mathematician
Felix Kjellberg, YouTube personality and video gamer, better known as PewDiePie
Felix Kroos, German football player
Felix Latzke, former Austrian football player and manager
Félix Leclerc (1914–1988), Québécois singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and political activist
Felix Lee, member of South-Korean boy-group Stray Kids
Félix Lengyel, Canadian Twitch streamer
Felix von Luckner (1881–1966), German nobleman and navy officer
Felix Magath, former German football central midfielder and current manager
Félix Malloum (1932–2009), president of Chad from 1975 to 1979
Felix Manalo (1886–1963), Filipino founder and first leader of religious movement Iglesia ni Cristo
Félix Mantilla (baseball), Major League Baseball player
Félix Mantilla Botella, Spanish professional tennis player
Félix Mathé (1834–1911), French politician
Felix J. McCool (1912–1972), American Marine held as prisoner of war in both World War II and Korean War
Felix Michel Melki (born 1994), Swedish-Lebanese footballer
Félix Miélli Venerando (1927–2012), Brazilian football goalkeeper (1970 World Cup winner)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), German composer
Felix Neureuther, German alpine skier
Felix A. Obuah, Nigerian businessman
Félix W. Ortiz, Representative of New York's 51st Assembly District
Felix Perera, Sri Lankan Sinhala Member of Parliament for the Gampaha District
Felix Pipes (born 1887), Austrian tennis player
Félix Porteiro, Spanish racecar driver
Félix Potvin, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Felix Reda, German politician, MEP for the Pirate Party 2014–2019
Felix Riebl, Australian singer, songwriter, and composer, leader of The Cat Empire
Félix Rodríguez (baseball), Major League Baseball pitcher
Félix Rodríguez (soldier), Cuban-American soldier and CIA intelligence operative
Felix Rodriguez (guitarist), guitar player in the Swedish band, The Sounds
Felix Rosenqvist, Swedish racing driver for Chip Ganassi Racing in the IndyCar Series
Felix Salmon, American financial journalist
Felix Sandman, Swedish singer with FO&O
Felix Sater (born 1966), Russian-American mobster
Felix Schütz, German ice hockey player
Felix Siauw (born 1984), Indonesian Chinese Islamic cleric
Felix Silla, actor known his character Cousin Itt on The Addams Family
Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat
Felix Steiner, German Waffen-SS commander, most notable for the participation in the Battle of Berlin
Félix Stevens, Cuban sprinter
Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican boxer
Félix Torres, Puerto Rican baseball player
Felix Unger, Austrian heart surgeon
Félix Varela (1788–1853), Cuban churchman
Felix Wankel (1902–1988), German inventor of the Wankel engine
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942), Austrian conductor, composer and pianist
Felix D. Williamson (1921–1947), American flying ace during World War II
Felix Yusupov (1887–1967), Russian noble famous for his part in the murder of Grigory Rasputin
Archduke Felix of Austria, Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia
León Félix Batista, Dominican poet
Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (1893–1970), son of the deposed Robert I, Duke of Parma
Prince Felix of Denmark, Danish prince
Prince Félix of Luxembourg, son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Prince of Nassau
Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg (1800–1852), Austrian statesman and part of Europe's highest nobility

Surname[]

Allyson Felix (born 1985), American track and field athlete
António Félix da Costa (born 1991), Portuguese racing driver
João Félix (born 1999), Portuguese footballer
Julie Felix, (born 1938–2020) American folk singer
Julien Félix (fl. 1911), French aviator
Margaret Elisabeth Felix (born 1937), Indian educator
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (born 1946), Mexican drug lord who formed the Guadalajara Cartel

Fictional characters[]

Felix the Cat, a cartoon character
Felix, in the 2009 American comedy film The Hangover
Felix, in the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours
Felix, from the video game series SSX
Felix, a member of the Volturi Guard in the Twilight series
Felix, an Iberian lynx in the animated film Missing Lynx
Felix, the protagonist of the novel Armor by John Steakley
Felix, the title character from a series of Micro Power video games such as Felix in the Factory
Felix Philips, a minor character in the Kane Chronicles (book series)
Felix, a 'lost boy' from the television show Once Upon a Time (TV series)
Felix, a holo-programmer in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Felix, also known as Experiment 010, an alien experiment from Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise
Felix, the main protagonist in Golden Sun: The Lost Age and supporting antagonist in Golden Sun, both of the Golden Sun video game series
Felix, a playable character in the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Felix Argyle, from the anime/light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
Felix Bassenak, "Uncle Felix", character played by S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall in the 1945 film Christmas in Connecticut
Felix Boulevardez, in the television series, The Proud Family
Felix Dawkins, a primary character portrayed by Jordan Gavaris in the BBC America/Space TV series Orphan Black
Felix DeZouza, from the movie Formula 51
Felix Ferne, from the Australian television show Nowhere Boys
Felix Fischoeder, in the television series Bob's Burgers
Felix Gaeta, in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica TV series
Felix Gunn, a minor character in the book series Children of the Red King
Felix Harrowgate, the protagonist of the Doctrine of Labyrinths series of books
Felix Holt, the title character in George Eliot's novel Felix Holt, the Radical
Felix Jaeger, in the Gotrek and Felix series of books
Felix Krull, the protagonist of Thomas Mann's novel Confessions of Felix Krull
Felix de Lacey, minor character in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein
Felix Leiter, from the James Bond books and movies
Felix Lodd, in The Edge Chronicles
Felix Phillips, primary character in Margaret Atwood's novel Hag-Seed
Felix Renton, in Disney's Kim Possible
Felix Sanders, the protagonist of The Divide trilogy book series
Felix Stewart, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
Felix Taggaro, recurring character in the television series One Tree Hill'
Félix Tholomyes, minor character in Les Misérables and father of Cosette
Felix Ungar, in the stage play, movie adaptation and television series The Odd Couple
Félix Graham de Vanily, Adrien Agreste's cousin from the French animated television series Miraculous Ladybug
Fix-It Felix Jr., from Disney's Wreck-It Ralph
Félix, from Disney’s Encanto
Felix Richter, from Dead by Daylight

References[]

^ "Origin and meaning of felicity". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2021-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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