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Felix en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfiːlɪks/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx (literally “happy, lucky”).

Meanings

  1. A male given name from Latin.
    • She gave birth to a child, a boy, and she called him Felix, which means 'happiness'. 1999 January 20, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Death's Shadow”, in Midsomer Murders:
    • Had a funny first name, like Oscar or maybe - no! I remember now. It was Felix. Felix Tanner. 2005 Marc Cerasini, etc, Operation Hell Gate, HarperEntertainment, page 134
    • And after certaine dayes, when Felix came with his wife Orusilla, which was a Iew, he sent for Paul, and heard him cōcerning the faith in Christ. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 24:24:
    • “I call on all citizens of Berlin and across Germany to wear the yarmulke (as the skullcap is known in Yiddish) next Saturday if there are new, intolerable attacks targeting Israel and Jews on the occasion of Al-Quds Day in Berlin,” said Felix Klein in a statement. 2019 May 28, Jack Guy, Antonia Mortensen, “Germans urged to wear Jewish skullcap ahead of anti-Israel protests”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2021:
  2. A generic name given to a cat.
  3. A place name: ▸ A municipality in Almería province, Andalusia, Spain.
  4. A place name: ▸ A community and railway point in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
  5. A place name: ▸ An unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, United States.
  6. A place name: ▸ A township in Grundy County, Illinois, United States, named after Felix Grundy.
  7. A place name: ▸ A township in Grundy County, Iowa, United States, also named after Felix Grundy.

Relateds

Felicia (female given names) · Felicity (female given names)

Translations (39)

lmo Filìs (male given name) · oc Felitz (male given name) · fr Félix (male given name) · pl Szczęsny (male given name) · hu Félix (male given name) · he פליקס (male given name) · eo Felikso (male given name) · pl Feliks (male given name) · oc Feliç (male given name) · oc Fèliç (male given name) · ur فلیکس (male given name) · la Fēlīx (male given name) · el Φήλιξ (male given name) · vi Fêlix (male given name) · ca Feliu (male given name) · id Felix (male given name) · uk Фе́лікс (male given name) · cs Felix (male given name) · lmo Felis (male given name) · egl Flîs (male given name) · et Feliks (male given name) · no Felix (male given name) · ja フェリックス (male given name) · fa فلیکس (male given name) · pt Félix (male given name) · ar فيليكس (male given name) · oc Faliç (male given name) · ko 펠릭스 (male given name) · nl Felix (male given name) · roa-leo Fliz (male given name) · da Felix (male given name) · sv Felix (male given name) · chr ᏈᎵᏏ (male given name) · grc Εὐτύχιος (male given name) · ru Фе́ликс (male given name) · es Félix (male given name) · ca Fèlix (male given name) · it Felice (male given name) · de Felix (male given name)