Felix (name)

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Felix
Pronunciation /ˈfiːlɪks/
Gender Male
Origin
Word/Name Latin
Meaning "lucky" or "successful"
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Felix is a male given name and surname, stems from Latin (felix, felicis) and means "lucky", "favored by luck" or "the lucky one". In America, it also means happiness.[1] Its female form is Felicity (English), Felicitas or Felizitas (in German speaking regions).

In German, Dutch, Czech, Slovenian, Romanian and Scandinavian languages the form "Felix" is the same as English. In French, Hungarian, Portuguese and Spanish it has an upwards accent "Félix", whereas in Catalan it has a downward accent "Fèlix". The Italian form of the name is "Felice," in Polish and Croatian "Feliks". Sometimes, a literal slavic translation of this name is given to children in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia in the form of Srećko or Srečko, the latter being mostly present in Slovenia.

Felix may refer to:

Romans

  • Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, a Roman dictator
  • Antonius Felix, procurator of Judaea
  • Flavius Felix, a Roman consul
  • A part of many Roman emperors' titles starting with Commodus

Late Antiquity and Middle Ages

Saints

Popes

Bishops and priests

Early modern period (1500–1799)

Modern times (1800–present)

Aliases

  • Felix (musician), the alias of British DJ and producer Francis Wright
  • Felix da Housecat, a House music DJ and record producer
  • The pseudonym of Nicholas Wanostrocht, 19th century English cricketer
  • The codename of Cold War spy Dieter Gerhardt

First names

Fictional characters

  • Felix the Cat, a cartoon character
  • Felix Boulevardez, a character in the television series, The Proud Family
  • Felix DeZouza, a character from the movie Formula 51
  • Felix Gaeta, a character in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica TV series
  • Felix Gunn, a minor character in the book series Children of the Red King
  • Felix Holt, the title character in George Eliot's novel Felix Holt, the Radical
  • Felix Jaeger, a character in the Gotrek and Felix series of books
  • Felix Krull, the protagonist of Thomas Mann's novel Confessions of Felix Krull
  • Felix Leiter, a character from the James Bond books and movies
  • Felix Lodd, a character in The Edge Chronicles
  • Felix Renton, a secondary character in Disney's Kim Possible
  • Felix Sanders, the protagonist of The Divide trilogy book series
  • Felix Stewart, a character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
  • Felix Taggaro, a recurring character in the television series One Tree Hill
  • Felix Unger, character in the stage play, movie adaptation and television series The Odd Couple
  • Felix, a character from the Nintendo video game series Golden Sun
  • Felix, a character in the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours
  • Felix, a character 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
  • Fix-It Felix Jr., a character from Disney's Wreck-It Ralph.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/felix

See also

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