Felix

F4E1L1I1X8
/ˈfiːlɪks/

proper noun

A male given name from Latin.

OriginLatin Fēlīx →
CommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

Felix1

proper noun
  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
    3 more examples

    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

    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

    “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:
    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.

FELIX2

noun
  1. Free Electron Laser for Infrared eXperiments
  2. Free-orbit Experiment with Laser Interferometry X-Rays

Origin

  1. LatinFēlīx
  2. EnglishFelix

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

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Translations

Ancient Greek Εὐτύχιος
  • Εὐτύχιος (Eutúkhios)male given name
Arabic فيليكس
  • فيليكسmale given name
Catalan Fèlix, Feliu
  • Fèlixmale given name
  • Feliumale given name
Czech Felix
  • Felixmale given name
Danish Felix
  • Felixmale given name
Dutch Felix
  • Felixmale given name
Esperanto Felikso
  • Feliksomale given name
Estonian Feliks
  • Feliksmale given name
French Félix
  • Félixmale given name
German Felix
  • Felixmale given name
Greek Φήλιξ
  • Φήλιξ (Fílix)male given name
Hebrew פליקס
  • פליקסmale given name
Hungarian Félix
  • Félixmale given name
Indonesian Felix
  • Felixmale given name
Italian Felice
  • Felicemale given name
Japanese フェリックス
  • フェリックス (Ferikkusu)male given name
Korean 펠릭스
  • 펠릭스 (pellikseu)male given name
Latin Fēlīx
  • Fēlīxmale given name
Norwegian Felix
  • Felixmale given name
Persian فلیکس
  • فلیکسmale given name
Polish Feliks, Szczęsny
  • Feliksmale given name
  • Szczęsnymale given name
Portuguese Félix
  • Félixmale given name
Russian Фе́ликс
  • Фе́ликс (Féliks)male given name
Spanish Félix
  • Félixmale given name
Swedish Felix
  • Felixmale given name
Ukrainian Фе́лікс
  • Фе́лікс (Féliks)male given name
Urdu فلیکس
  • فلیکسmale given name
Vietnamese Fêlix
  • Fêlixmale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Felix

helixSt. Felix
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Cite this entry
APA

Felix. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Felix

MLA

“Felix.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Felix. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Felix,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Felix.

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