Felix (name)

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

Felix is a given name that stems from Latin felix [ˈfeːliːks] (genitive felicis [feːˈliːkɪs]) and means "happy" or "lucky". Its other 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”. The Italian form of the name is "Felice", and its Polish and Serbian form is "Feliks".

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

Romans[edit]

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[edit]

Saints[edit]

"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[edit]

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[edit]

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)[edit]

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

Modern times (1800–present)[edit]

Aliases[edit]

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
The mononymous stage name of Korean Australian musician Felix Lee

Given name[edit]

Felix Adler (screenwriter) (1884–1963), American screenwriter
Felix Adler (professor) (1851–1933), German-American lecturer and founder of the Ethical movement
Felix Agnus (1839–1925), American military officer and newspaper editor
Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (1887–1966), Dutch geophysicist and geodesist
Felix Anudike-Uzomah (born 2002), American football player
Felix Arndt (1889–1918), American pianist and popular-music composer
Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player
Félix Bañobre (born 1970), Spanish-English basketball coach and former player
Felix Batista, Cuban-American anti-kidnapping expert
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), Swiss-American physicist and Nobel laureate
Felix Browder (1927–2016), American mathematician
Felix Brych, German football referee
Felix Bwalya (1970–1997), Zambian boxer
Félix Caballero, Dominican priest
Felix Calonder (1863–1952), Swiss politician
Felix Cavaliere, American musician and singer-songwriter
Félix Chopin (1813–1892), French bronze designer
Felix Chung (born 1963), Hong Kong politician
Felix Dexter (1961–2013), British comedian
Felix Dias Bandaranaike (1930-1985), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike I (1861-1947), Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge and lawyer
Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike II (1891-1951), Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge and lawyer
Felix Maria Diogg (1762–1834), Swiss painter
Felix Dodds, British author, futurist and artist
Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877–1926), Bolshevik revolutionary and official
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, Dominican former professional baseball shortstop
Félix Omar Fernández, Puerto Rican track and field athlete
Felix Francis, British crime writer and son of Dick Francis
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965), Austrian-American jurist
Felix Gelt, Canadian association football player
Felix N. Gerson (1862–1945), American newspaper editor
Félix González-Torres (1957–1996), Cuban-American artist
Félix Guattari (1930–1992), French psychoanalyst, political philosopher, semiotician, social activist, and screenwriter
Felix Hamrin (1875–1937), Swedish politician
Felix Hanemann, American singer and musician
Felix Hausdorff (1868–1942), German mathematician
Félix Hernández, Venezuelan baseball pitcher
Félix José Hernández, Venezuelan football midfielder
Felix Hoffmann (1868–1946), German chemist and inventor of Aspirin
Felix Hoffmann (basketball), German basketball player
Felix Holtmann, Canadian politician
Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1905–1993), first president of Ivory Coast
Felix Jaehn, German DJ and music 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, Swedish YouTube personality and video gamer, better known as PewDiePie
Felix Kroos, German football player
Felix LaBauve (1809–1879), French-born American early settler and community leader in Mississippi
Felix Landau (1910–1983), Austrian SS Hauptscharführer, member of an Einsatzkommando during World War II
Felix Latzke, Austrian football former player and manager
Félix Leclerc (1914–1988), Québécois singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and political activist
Félix Lengyel, Canadian Twitch streamer
Felix A. Levy, American rabbi
Felix von Luckner (1881–1966), German nobleman and navy officer
Felix Luk (born 1994), Hong Kong professional footballer
Felix Magath, German football manager and former player
Félix Malloum (1932–2009), Chadian military officer and politician
Felix Manalo (1886–1963), Filipino founder and first leader of religious movement Iglesia ni Cristo
Félix Mantilla (baseball), Puerto Rican former professional baseball utility 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 Mendelssohn (1809–1847), German composer
Felix Michel Melki (born 1994), Swedish-Lebanese footballer
Félix Miélli Venerando (1927–2012), Brazilian football player
Felix Morley (1894–1982), American journalist and college administrator
Felix Neureuther, German alpine skier
Felix A. Obuah, Nigerian business magnate, politician and philanthropist
Félix W. Ortiz, American politician
Félix Oukiné (born 1999), Cameroonian footballer
Felix Övermann (born 1985), German rower
Felix Pappalardi (1939–1983), American musician and producer
Felix Perera, Sri Lankan politician
Felix Pipes (1887–1983), Austrian tennis player
Félix Podmaniczky (1914–1990), Hungarian film director
Félix Porteiro, Spanish racecar driver
Félix Potvin, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Felix Reda, German researcher and politician
Felix Riebl, Australian singer-songwriter
Félix Rodríguez (baseball), Dominican former Major League Baseball relief pitcher
Félix Rodríguez (soldier), Cuban-American soldier and CIA intelligence operative
Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, (1928–1980) Spanish naturalist and broadcaster
Felix Rosenqvist, Swedish professional racing driver
Felix Salmon, British financial journalist
Felix Sater (born 1966), Russian-American mobster
Felix Schütz, German ice hockey player
Felix Siauw (born 1984), Chinese-Indonesian Islamic ustad, preacher, author and da'i
Felix Silla, Italian actor
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 Torres (baseball), Puerto Rican baseball player
Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican boxer
Felix Unger, Austrian heart surgeon
Félix Varela (1788–1853), Cuban Catholic priest and independence leader
Felix Wankel (1902–1988), German mechanical engineer and inventor of the Wankel engine
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942), Austrian conductor, composer and pianist
Felix D. Williamson (1921–1947), American pilot and United States Army Air Forces major
Felix Yusupov (1887–1967), Russian aristocrat, famous for participating in the assassination of Grigory Rasputin
Archduke Felix of Austria, Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia
Count Felix of Monpezat, member of the Danish royal family
José Félix Uriburu, Argentinian Lieutenant
Felix Zenger (born 1986), Finnish beatboxer
León Félix Batista, Dominican poet
Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (1893–1970), son of the deposed Robert I, Duke of Parma
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[edit]

Allyson Felix (born 1985), American track and field athlete
António Félix da Costa (born 1991), Portuguese racing driver
Bertha Felix Campigli (1882–1949), American/Coast Miwok photographer
João Félix (born 1999), Portuguese footballer
Julie Felix, (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[edit]

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 Faust, a DC Comics villain sorcerer
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, 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 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 and The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
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 Hugo Fraldarius, a playable character in the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses
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 Koffka, a character in Mark Millar's graphic novel Prodigy: The Icarus Society
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 Philips, a minor character in the Kane Chronicles (book series)
Felix Phillips, primary character in Margaret Atwood's novel Hag-Seed
Felix Renton, in Disney's Kim Possible
Felix Richter, from Dead by Daylight
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 Fathom, 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

References[edit]

^ "Origin and meaning of felicity". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2021-06-10.

[1] "Origin and meaning of felicity". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2021-06-10.

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