Felix

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːlɪks/
• Rhymes: -iːlɪks

Felix

1. A male given name from Latin.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 24:24:

     And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

   • 2005 Marc Cerasini, etc, Operation Hell Gate, HarperEntertainment, →ISBN, page 134:

     Had a funny first name, like Oscar or maybe - no! I remember now. It was Felix. Felix Tanner.

2. A generic name given to a cat.
3. A place name:
   1. A municipality in Almería province, Andalusia, Spain.
   2. A community and railway point in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
   3. An unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, United States.
   4. A township in Grundy County, Illinois, United States, named after Felix Grundy.
   5. A township in Grundy County, Iowa, United States, also named after Felix Grundy.

• female given names: Felicia, Felicity

• exfil, flexi, flexi-

From Spanish Félix, from Latin Fēlīx.

Felix

1. a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin]

Derived from Latin Fēlīx.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛlɪks]
• Rhymes: -ɪks
• Hyphenation: Fe‧lix

Felix m anim

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

From Latin Fēlīx.

Felix

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

From Latin Fēlīx.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfe(ː)liks/, [ˈfe̞(ː)liks̠]
• Rhymes: -eliks

Felix

1. a male given name

• Felix is the 296^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,429 male individuals (and as a middle name to 855 more), and also belongs to 9 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

From Latin Fēlīx.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeːlɪks/

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• Hyphenation: Fe‧lix

Felix

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

From Latin Fēlīx.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛːlɪks/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛːlɪxs/

Felix m

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

• Foelīx (Medieval Latin)

From fēlīx (“lucky, happy”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.liːks/, [ˈfeːlʲiːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.liks/, [ˈfɛːliks]

Fēlīx m sg (genitive Fēlīcis); third declension

1. A cognomen, particularly of later Roman emperors.
2. A masculine given name, particularly of alleged early Christian saints.

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• “Felix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Felix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Latin Fēlīx.

Felix

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

From Latin Fēlīx.

Felix c (genitive Felix)

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

• Felicia