Felix is a masculine given name that originates from the Latin word felix, meaning "happy", "lucky", "fortunate", "successful", or "fruitful". Its original meaning was "fruit-bearing", in reference to fruitful trees, arbor felix. The feminine forms are Felicia or Felicity. The name was popularized by Roman emperors and early Christian saints.
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Felix is a masculine given name that originates from the Latin word felix [ˈfeːliːks] (genitive felicis [feːˈliːkɪs]), meaning "happy", "lucky", "fortunate", "successful", or "fruitful". Its original meaning was "fruit-bearing", in reference to fruitful trees, arbor felix. The feminine forms are Felicia or Felicity. The name was popularized by Roman emperors and early Christian saints.
In Roman mythology, Felix was one of four sons of the god Saturn and Roman mortal Entoria. The name was used as an agnomen, or nickname, by the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138-78 BC) to denote his good fortune in war. It was also bestowed upon the Legio IV Flavia, a legion of the Imperial Roman army founded in 70 AD by the emperor Vespasian. It was used later as an imperial title, beginning with Commodus (161-192), who adopted it around 184 AD after military successes in Britain and Sarmatia. It would continue to be used by later emperors, including Aurelian (214-275).
In modern usage, Felix has maintained its popularity in various cultures, especially in English, German, and Scandinavian-speaking countries. In Romance languages such as French, Portuguese, and Spanish, the acute accent form "Félix" is commonly used. The Italian form of the name is "Felice", and its Polish and Serbian form is "Feliks".
Notable people with the name include:
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Romans
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (died 78 BC), Roman general and statesman
Antonius Felix (died 60), procurator of Judea
A part of many Roman emperors' titles, starting with Commodus
Flavius Felix (died 430), Roman consul
Late Antiquity and Middle Ages
Saints
"Saint Felix" may refer to:
Felix of Heraclea, Christian martyr, date unknown
Felix and Constantia (died 68)
Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus (died c. 212)
Felix of Nola (died c. 255)
Felix and Regula (died 286)
Felix of Thibiuca (died 303)
Felix and Adauctus (died c. 303)
Felix and Nabor (died c. 303)
Felix of Girona (died 304)
Felix of Como (died c. 390)
Felix of Nîmes (4th century)
Felix of Hadrumetum (died c. 434)
Felix of Bilibio (5th century)
Felix of Cornwall (5th or 6th century)
Felix of Nantes (died 584)
Felix of Burgundy (7th century)
Felix the Hermit (9th century)
Felix of Rhuys (died 1038)
Felix of Valois (died 1212)
Popes
Pope Felix I (269–274)
Antipope Felix II (356–365)
Pope Felix III (483–492)
Pope Felix IV (526–530)
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 (died 724), archbishop of Ravenna
Early modern period (1500–1799)
Felix of Cantalice (died 1587), Italian Capuchin friar
Felix of Nicosia (died 1787), Italian Capuchin friar
Modern times (1800–present)
Aliases
Felix Dodds (born Michael Nicholas Dodds), British author, futurist and artist
Felix (music producer), British producer and DJ
Nicholas Felix (1804–1876), born Nicholas Wanostrocht, English cricketer
The codename of Cold War spy Dieter Gerhardt
The codename of (former) Securitate spy Dan Voiculescu
The pen name of Tom Horan, Australian cricketer and cricket journalist
Given name
Felix Adler (screenwriter) (1884–1963), American screenwriter
Felix Adler (professor) (1851–1933), German-American professor
Felix Agnus (1839–1925), French-born sculptor, newspaper publisher and soldier
Felix Alderisio, American gangster
Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (1887–1966), Dutch geophysicist and geodesist
Félix Almagro (1907–1939), Spanish bullfighter
Felix Anudike-Uzomah (born 2002), American football player
Felix Arndt (1889–1918), American pianist and composer
Félix Auger-Aliassime (born 2000), Canadian tennis player
Félix Bañobre (born 1970), Spanish basketball coach
Felix Batista, Cuban-American anti-kidnapping expert
Felix Baumgartner (1969–2025), Austrian skydiver
Felix Behrend (1911–1962), German Australian mathematician
Felix Bloch (1905–1983), Swiss-American physicist and Nobel laureate
Felix Browder (1927–2016), American mathematician
Felix Brych (born 1975), German football referee
Felix Bwalya (1970–1997), Zambian boxer
Surname
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
Damien Félix, French singer-songwriter
Hans O. Felix (born 1951), Norwegian trade unionist
João Félix (born 1999), Portuguese footballer
Joe Felix (born 1999), English footballer
Julie Felix (1938–2020), American-British singer
Julien Félix (fl. 1911), French aviator
Kurt Felix (television presenter) (1941–2012), Swiss television presenter and entertainer
Kurt Felix (athlete) (born 1988), Grenadian decathlete
Margaret Elisabeth Felix (born 1937), Indian educator
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (born 1946), Mexican drug lord
Murilo Félix (born 1988), Brazilian politician
Stanley Felix (born 1963), Saint Lucian politician
Fictional characters
Felix the Cat, a cartoon character
Felix Faust, a DC Comics villain sorcerer
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 Holt, the title character in George Eliot's novel Felix Holt, the Radical
Felix Jaeger, in the Gotrek and Felix series of books
Felix Leiter, from the James Bond books and movies
Felix Taggaro, recurring character in the television series One Tree Hill
Felix Ungar, in the stage play, movie adaptation, and television series The Odd Couple
Fix-It Felix Jr., from Disney's Wreck-It Ralph
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Félix Caballero, Dominican priest
Felix Calonder (1863–1952), Swiss politician
Felix Cavaliere (born 1942), American musician
Félix Chopin (1813–1892), French bronze designer
Felix Chung (born 1963), Hong Kong politician
Félix Darfour (died 1822), Haitian journalist
Felix Dexter (1961–2013), Saint Kitts-born British actor, comedian and writer
Felix Dias Bandaranaike (1930–1985), Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike I (1861–1947), Ceylonese judge and lawyer
Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike II (1891–1951), Ceylonese judge and lawyer
Felix Maria Diogg (1762–1834), Swiss painter
Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877–1926), Soviet revolutionary and politician
Felix Ehrlich (1877–1942), German chemist and biochemist
Felix Eypeltauer (born 1992), Austrian politician
Félix Faure (1841–1899), French politician
Félix Fénéon (1861–1944), French art critic and anarchist
Félix Fermín (born 1963), Dominican professional baseball shortstop
Félix Omar Fernández (born 1976), Puerto Rican track and field athlete
Felix Francis (born 1953), British crime writer
Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965), Austrian-born American jurist
Felix Friberg (born 2005), Finnish footballer
Felix Gelt, Canadian association football player
Felix N. Gerson (1862–1945), American author and newspaper editor
Félix González-Torres (1957–1996), Cuban-born American artist
Félix Guattari (1930–1992), French psychoanalyst, political philosopher, semiotician, social activist, and screenwriter
Felix Hamrin (1875–1937), Swedish politician
Felix Hanemann (born 1953), American singer and musician
Felix Hausdorff (1868–1942), German mathematician
Felix Herkens (born 1995), German politician
Félix Hernández (born 1986), Venezuelan baseball pitcher
Félix José Hernández (born 1972), Venezuelan football player
Felix Hoffmann (1868–1946), German chemist
Felix Hoffmann (basketball) (born 1989), German basketball player
Felix Holtmann (born 1944), Canadian politician
Félix Houphouët-Boigny (1905–1993), Ivorian politician and physician
Felix Jaehn (born 1994), German DJ and record producer
Felix Jones (born 1987), American football player
Felix Jones (rugby union) (born 1987), Irish rugby union coach
Felix Kaspar (1915–2003), Austrian figure skater
Felix Klein (1849–1925), German mathematician
Felix Kjellberg (born 1989), Swedish YouTuber
Felix Kroos (born 1991), German football player
Felix LaBauve (1809–1879), French-born American politician
Felix Landau (1910–1983), Austrian SS Hauptscharführer
Felix Latzke, Austrian football former player and manager
Félix Lebrun (born 2006), French table tennis player
Félix Leclerc (1914–1988), French-Canadian singer-songwriter and political activist
Felix (rapper) (Felix Yongbok Lee, 2000), Australian rapper, member of boyband Stray Kids
Felix Lehtinen (born 2003), Finnish footballer
Félix Lengyel (born 1995), Canadian online streamer
Felix A. Levy (1884–1963), American rabbi
Felix von Luckner (1881–1966), German nobleman and navy officer
Felix Luk (born 1994), Hong Kong professional footballer
Felix Lützkendorf (1906–1990), German screenwriter
Felix Magath (born 1953), German football manager
Félix Malloum (1932–2009), Chadian military officer and politician
Felix Manalo (1886–1963), Filipino Christian minister and founder of Iglesia ni Cristo
Félix Mantilla (baseball) (1934–2025), Puerto Rican professional baseball player
Félix Mantilla Botella (born 1974), Spanish tennis coach
Félix Mathé (1834–1911), French politician
Felix J. McCool (1912–1972), American military officer
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 (born 1984), German alpine ski racer
Felix Nilsson (born 2005), Swedish ice hockey player
Felix A. Obuah, Nigerian business magnate, politician and philanthropist
Félix W. Ortiz (born 1959), American politician
Félix Oukiné (born 1999), Cameroonian football player
Felix Övermann (born 1985), German rower
Felix Pappalardi (1939–1983), American musician and producer
Felix Passlack (born 1998), German footballer playing for VFL Bochum
Felix Perera (born 1945), Sri Lankan politician
Felix Pipes (1887–1983), Austrian tennis player
Félix Podmaniczky (1914–1990), Hungarian film director
Félix Porteiro (born 1983), Spanish racecar driver
Felix Potvin (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Felix Prohaska (1912-1987), Austrian conductor and professor of musicology
Felix Reda (born 1986), German researcher and politician
Felix Riebl (born 1981), Australian singer-songwriter
Felix Roco (born 1989), Filipino actor
Félix Rodríguez (baseball) (born 1972), Dominican baseball player
Félix Rodríguez (soldier) (born 1941), Cuban-American soldier and CIA intelligence operative
Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente (1928–1980), Spanish naturalist and broadcaster
Felix Rosenqvist (born 1991), Swedish professional racing driver
Felix Salmon (born 1972), British American financial journalist
Felix Sater (born 1966), Russian-American mobster
Felix Schütz (born 1987), German ice hockey player
Felix Siauw (born 1984), Chinese-Indonesian Islamic cleric, preacher, author and da'i
Felix Silla (1937–2021), Italian actor
Felix da Housecat (born Felix Stallings Jr., 1971), American DJ and record producer
Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat
Felix Straub (born 1997), German bobsledder
Felix Steiner (1896–1966), German Waffen-SS commander
Félix Stevens (born 1964), Cuban sprinter
Felix Swinstead (1880–1959), English pianist and composer
Félix Torres (baseball) (born 1932), Puerto Rican baseball player
Félix Trinidad (born 1973), Puerto Rican boxer
Felix Unger (born 1946), Austrian heart surgeon and specialist
Félix Varela (1788–1853), Cuban Catholic priest and independence leader
Felix Wankel (1902–1988), German mechanical engineer
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
Archduke Felix of Austria (1916–2011), Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia
Count Felix of Monpezat (born 2002), member of the Danish royal family
José Félix Uriburu (1868–1932), Argentinian Lieutenant
Felix Zenger (born 1986), Finnish beatboxer
Felix Zietmann (born 1990), German politician
León Félix Batista (born 1964), Dominican author and poet
Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (1893–1970), son of the deposed Robert I, Duke of Parma
Prince Félix of Luxembourg (born 1984), son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Prince of Nassau
Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg (1800–1852), Austrian statesman and nobleman
