Felix

See also felix, FELIX, and Félix

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin Felix, meaning happy, lucky

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfiːlɪks/; X-SAMPA: /"fi:lIks/
• Rhymes: -iːlɪks

Proper noun

Felix

1. A male given name.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), 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 0060842245, 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.

Related terms

• female given names: Felicia, Felicity

Translations

male given name

• Czech: Felix (cs)
• Danish: Felix (da)
• Estonian: Feliks (et)
• French: Félix (fr)
• German: Felix (de)
• Indonesian: Felix (id)
• Italian: Felice (it)

• Latin: Felix (la) m
• Norwegian: Felix (no)
• Polish: Feliks (pl) m, Szczęsny (pl) m
• Russian: Феликс (ru) (Féliks) m 
• Spanish: Félix (es)
• Swedish: Felix (sv)

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Czech

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

From Latin Felix.

Proper noun

Felix m

1. A male given name.

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin Felix.

Proper noun

Felix

1. A male given name.

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German

Etymology

From Latin Felix.

Proper noun

Felix

1. A male given name.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin Felix.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɛːlɪks/
• IPA: /ˈfɛːlɪxs/

Proper noun

Felix m

1. A male given name

Declension

declension of Felix

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Felix	Felixinn	Felixar	Felixarnir
accusative	Felix	Felixinn	Felixa	Felixana
dative	Felix	Felixnum	Felixum	Felixunum
genitive	Felix	Felixins	Felixa	Felixanna

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Latin

Etymology

From fēlīx (“lucky, happy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfeːlɪks/

Proper noun

Fēlīx

1. A Roman cognomen, later the name of early Christian saints.

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Felix.

Proper noun

Felix

1. A male given name.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Felix.

Proper noun

Felix

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Felicia