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The baby name Felix is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈfiːlɪks/ (FEE-liks).

Felix is Latin in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 2.0
Origin: Latin
Pronunciation: /ˈfiːlɪks/ (FEE-liks)

What is the meaning of the name Felix ?

The baby name Felix is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈfiːlɪks/ (FEE-liks).

Felix is Latin in Origin.

From Latin felix, “happy, fortunate,” Felix began as a Roman cognomen conveying blessed good luck; the dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla adopted it as an honorific, and its auspicious tone helped it spread in the empire. Early Christians embraced the name for martyrs and bishops - among them Saint Felix of Nola - and several popes bore it, anchoring its use through the Middle Ages across Latin Christendom.

The name travels easily between languages: Félix (French, Spanish, Portuguese), Felice (Italian), Fèlix (Catalan), Felix (German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English), Feliks (Polish, Russian), Feliksas (Lithuanian), and Felikss (Latvian). Related feminines include Felicia, Felicity, and Felicitas; diminutives such as Feli and Felo appear regionally. Revived in the 18th–19th centuries and stylish again today, Felix blends classical polish with an upbeat meaning that signals good fortune and cheer.

Felix has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Felix

Felix Klein Politician · Born 1849 · Kingdom of Prussia Felix Klein was a German mathematician best known for the Erlangen program, which classified geometries by their symmetry groups. He also made major contributions to group theory, complex analysis, and non-Euclidean geometry, and helped show the deep connections between geometry and algebra. Félix Tshisekedi Politician · Born 1963 · Democratic Republic of the Congo Félix Tshisekedi is a prominent politician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, best known for serving as the country's president since 2019. He is the son of Étienne Tshisekedi, a key opposition figure in Congolese politics. Félix has focused on political reform and economic development during his tenure. Félix Houphouët-Boigny Politician · Born 1905 · France Félix Houphouët-Boigny was a prominent politician known for being the first President of Côte d'Ivoire, serving from 1960 until his death in 1993. He played a crucial role in the country's independence from France and was influential in maintaining stability and economic growth in the region. His leadership style and policies left a lasting impact on Ivorian politics and development.
Félix Faure Politician · Born 1841 · France Félix Faure was a French politician who served as the President of France from 1895 until his death in 1899. He is most famous for his sudden death while in office, which became the subject of various anecdotes and jokes. Before his presidency, he was involved in business and held several ministerial positions. Felix Jaehn Musician · Born 1994 · Germany Felix Jaehn is a German DJ and record producer best known for the hit remix of OMI's "Cheerleader," which topped charts around the world and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2015. Born Felix Kurt Jähn on 28 August 1994, Jaehn rose to international fame with tracks like "Cheerleader" and "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)." Felix Sandman Actor · Born 1998 · Sweden Felix Sandman is a Swedish singer and actor best known for being a member of the boy band FO&O. With the group, he released the albums Off the Grid (2014) and FO&O (2017).

Celebrity babies named Felix

Name Last Name(s) Mother Mother famous for Fame Level Father Father famous for Fame Level
Felix Griffiths Gillian Anderson film director ★★★★★
Felix Moeller Margarethe von Trotta film director ★★★★★

Felix – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Boys 2025 #1 — 836
Germany Boys 2025 #1 — 423
Austria Boys 2024 #6 584 60
BI 0 #9 4 425
HT 0 #11 2 399
SV 0 #11 1 283
FJ Boys 0 #17 1 603
BW 0 #19 1 960
HT Girls 0 #23 1 950
BF Boys 0 #24 3 439
NL Boys 2014 #25 97 79
KR Boys 0 #25 3 897
PR 0 #25 31 1,497
ID 0 #27 13 2,238
Canada Boys 2024 #29 660 2,588
HT Boys 0 #30 5 903
BI Boys 0 #32 12 917
NA 0 #32 2 2,537
Norway Boys 2025 #34 174 444
PR Boys 0 #35 327 2,508
MO 0 #36 17 2,706
TM Boys 0 #36 1 614
EE 0 #37 1 1,051
GH Boys 0 #37 1,662 8,138
Belgium Boys 2024 #40 174 401
MT 0 #40 4 1,767
BO Boys 0 #43 5,639 9,244
CM 0 #43 13 2,592
GE 0 #44 1 997
HN Boys 0 #47 6 749
Switzerland Boys 2024 #49 104 1,769
BO 0 #55 678 6,868
LU 0 #56 11 2,830
NG Boys 0 #56 8,907 16,906
CY 0 #59 2 1,632
CN 0 #60 26 3,857
Germany Boys 0 #64 9,694 5,697
PA Boys 0 #65 1,995 9,305
AO 0 #66 11 2,729
GH 0 #70 253 5,396
PE Boys 0 #71 9,342 14,506
Sweden Boys 2022 #72 149 1,509
New Zealand Boys 2010 #72 56 99
JP 0 #74 4 4,057
Spain Boys 0 #75 9,544 5,610
AL 0 #76 1 2,372
Austria Boys 0 #77 1,426 2,180
MV Boys 0 #77 3 3,375
NG 0 #79 222 5,926
PA 0 #79 53 3,797
Germany 0 #80 765 2,542
MD Boys 0 #80 2 756
CM Boys 0 #81 1,503 12,054
RS 0 #84 1 923
EC 0 #89 27 2,502
ID Boys 0 #89 43 4,130
MO Boys 0 #90 158 5,842
QA 0 #91 10 7,011
JM 0 #93 1 3,714
KZ 0 #93 2 1,452
TW 0 #96 8 4,523
CN Boys 0 #100 317 9,639
ID Girls 0 #102 1 3,319
PH 0 #102 9 5,607
SD 0 #102 1 2,130
OM 0 #106 11 6,215
HK Boys 0 #107 1,395 12,905
EC Boys 0 #110 208 3,322
GE Boys 0 #110 1 2,055
BN Girls 0 #114 1 5,459
HU 0 #115 1 1,675
CY Boys 0 #118 12 3,473
EE Boys 0 #118 8 2,087
KW 0 #118 4 5,216
LU Boys 0 #120 104 4,970
BN Boys 0 #121 13 6,332
MX Boys 0 #122 7,694 16,355
BW Boys 0 #123 27 4,685
MT Boys 0 #127 51 4,064
CR Boys 0 #129 868 10,188
AO Boys 0 #130 127 5,568
GR 0 #131 5 3,911
IQ 0 #133 1 3,533
MU 0 #134 4 3,613
Austria 0 #135 82 850
CR 0 #136 23 5,526
NA Boys 0 #145 93 6,830
TW Boys 0 #147 100 7,111
CO Boys 0 #148 5,470 15,656
LT Boys 0 #149 3 2,166
RS Boys 0 #153 2 2,277
AE 0 #157 21 10,220
CL Boys 0 #157 2,347 13,390
GT Boys 0 #158 726 7,625
AR Boys 0 #159 837 7,628
HU Boys 0 #161 14 3,954
PR Girls 0 #165 3 3,171
United States Boys 2024 #170 2,081 7,044
AR 0 #174 13 2,915
HK 0 #174 206 8,483
PE 0 #176 143 6,350
UY 0 #177 6 2,477
HR 0 #181 1 2,081
PH Boys 0 #181 235 11,440
CZ 0 #182 5 3,154
Spain 0 #186 367 2,326
LU Girls 0 #189 2 4,850
PS 0 #189 30 5,692
RU 0 #190 5 3,641
DK 0 #198 9 5,198
GT 0 #204 113 5,948
SI Boys 0 #206 6 3,402
PL 0 #209 4 2,600
SG 0 #213 57 11,010
Finland Boys 2026 #214 1,705 3,552
AO Girls 0 #215 3 4,575
BG Boys 0 #216 5 3,850
DK Boys 0 #218 109 7,401
UY Boys 0 #219 266 5,922
IL 0 #225 50 6,291
AL Girls 0 #227 1 4,141
IR 0 #227 5 4,221
NA Girls 0 #234 4 7,146
HR Boys 0 #241 18 3,997
GR Boys 0 #242 26 6,912
JP Boys 0 #242 56 7,909
PT 0 #245 6 4,161
RU Boys 0 #245 335 12,621
GR Girls 0 #249 1 6,293
SA 0 #251 45 10,560
MY 0 #256 75 12,352
CZ Boys 0 #257 48 6,530
EC Girls 0 #257 2 3,650
KZ Boys 0 #259 31 6,578
MO Girls 0 #260 4 7,056
JM Boys 0 #262 11 6,876
IL Boys 0 #266 471 10,983
PT Boys 0 #273 99 7,951
MX 0 #274 145 8,339
TW Girls 0 #286 4 8,139
Finland Boys 0 #289 145 2,041
CL 0 #291 124 6,867
Finland 0 #293 15 830
HR Girls 0 #294 1 3,687
Canada Girls 2019 #296 5 2,976
GH Girls 0 #297 28 6,973
AL Boys 0 #298 6 5,122
PL Boys 0 #301 35 6,459
PS Boys 0 #301 291 10,655
CO 0 #308 192 7,768
SG Boys 0 #312 490 17,960
MU Boys 0 #324 34 8,477
DK Girls 0 #328 2 7,429
BR 0 #330 16 5,969
KZ Girls 0 #330 3 5,862
NL 0 #333 59 2,481
QA Girls 0 #341 3 15,378
France Boys 2021 #347 41 2,865
CZ Girls 0 #349 3 5,378
ZA Boys 0 #350 1,714 25,619
MY Boys 0 #352 1,222 25,439
CN Girls 0 #357 3 8,829
MU Girls 0 #360 3 8,539
PL Girls 0 #364 1 5,096
BR Boys 0 #377 513 12,213
JO Boys 0 #386 4 7,057
ZA 0 #393 55 14,421
NL Boys 0 #394 833 5,873
YE 0 #397 2 8,639
Austria Girls 0 #407 14 1,885
SD Boys 0 #411 35 10,523
EG 0 #412 1 6,387
OM Girls 0 #423 2 15,987
PH Girls 0 #424 6 13,098
NG Girls 0 #429 452 15,093
IT Boys 0 #433 2,351 10,046
PA Girls 0 #462 20 9,861
PT Girls 0 #466 6 7,952
LY 0 #473 63 12,703
BH 0 #481 73 17,937
RU Girls 0 #486 13 11,913
KW Girls 0 #504 12 19,177
IR Boys 0 #506 47 10,162
QA Boys 0 #507 202 18,093
CM Girls 0 #519 22 11,671
CR Girls 0 #523 10 11,342
GT Girls 0 #533 9 7,500
UY Girls 0 #534 3 6,731
IR Girls 0 #541 5 8,334
PS Girls 0 #545 3 10,981
SG Girls 0 #569 18 18,916
IT 0 #575 141 4,183
HK Girls 0 #580 36 16,104
KW Boys 0 #580 191 18,755
BO Girls 0 #582 30 9,488
AR Girls 0 #590 10 8,289
AE Girls 0 #595 3 20,968
BD Boys 0 #597 9 10,045
IL Girls 0 #643 3 11,648
IN Girls 0 #653 2 13,121
MX Girls 0 #656 690 17,781
IQ Boys 0 #657 11 13,071
LB 0 #682 9 13,263
OM Boys 0 #716 166 17,948
Finland Girls 2026 #725 14 3,895
AE Boys 0 #730 379 22,615
SY 0 #765 3 11,684
Germany Girls 0 #798 41 4,949
TN 0 #804 26 13,765
CL Girls 0 #817 35 14,098
EG Boys 0 #832 55 15,035
PE Girls 0 #877 67 14,861
Spain Girls 0 #900 84 5,561
United States Girls 2024 #907 10 8,487
IN Boys 0 #907 95 16,750
SA Girls 0 #909 27 25,931
BR Girls 0 #919 23 12,708
NL Girls 0 #944 12 5,933
SA Boys 0 #955 786 28,008
MY Girls 0 #964 31 24,821
CO Girls 0 #1,035 44 16,140
ZA Girls 0 #1,077 65 25,928
MA 0 #1,079 50 20,986
DZ 0 #1,139 38 20,130
TR 0 #1,174 38 19,440
IT Girls 0 #1,313 134 9,415

Felix is popular in 98 countries — most recent births per country:

NL
Norway
Ireland
Austria
Scotland, United Kingdom

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People also ask about Felix

Felix is predominantly a boy's name.
Felix is a 2 syllable name, pronounced /ˈfiːlɪks/ (FEE-liks).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Félix, Feliks, Felice, Feliciano and Felicia (feminine).
Across languages, Felix has these equivalents: Felicity (English, 'happiness'), Benedict (Latin, 'blessed'), Asher (Hebrew, 'happy/blessed'), Sa'id / Saeed (Arabic, 'happy/fortunate'), Fausto (Italian, 'fortunate').
Yes, very popular — Felix ranked #1 in Ireland in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 15 countries.
Felix ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2025).
Felix's popularity is holding steady. It moved from #1 in 2015 to #1 in 2025 in Ireland.
Yes — 9 notable people named Felix are in our database, including Felix Klein (Politician), Félix Tshisekedi (Politician), Félix Houphouët-Boigny (Politician).
Yes — at least 2 celebrity couples have chosen Felix for their child, including Gillian Anderson.