FELIX  

Gender: M
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "happy, fortunate"

Popularity in 2008: #354

Energetic, upbeat name that deserves to transcend associations to The Cat and the persnickety Unger. The name of four popes and sixty-seven saints, it's fashionable in upscale London and highly recommended for adventurous parents in the U.S, where it's maintained an even keel between being too popular and too unusual. Gillian Anderson chose it for her baby boy.

Variations:
Felician, Felizio, Felyx, Feliks, Felike, Felic, Fee, Felicio, Felicien, Felice, Feliciano, Fee

International Variations:
Feliks (Bulgarian) Feel (Danish) Félicien, Félix (French) Bodog (Hungarian) Felic (Irish) Felice, Feliciano (Italian) Feliks (Polish) Feliz (Portuguese) Feliks (Russian) Felicjan (Slavic) Feliciano, Felex, Felicio, Felixiano, Feliziano, Feliz (Spanish)

People who like Felix also like:

Hannah, Aurelia, Cecily, Cora, Josephine, Grace, Lydia, August, Everett, Gideon, Jack, Jude, Julian, Noah, Declan

Felix is being discussed in our message boards:

• the name FELIX
• Yaaaay! A family,you have always dreamed of!
• narrowing my list...need help
• Absurdly Long Baby Name Game=)!!!!!!
• Names heard about town in the last week or so

Read Nameberry blog posts about Felix:

• THE LOST NAMES OF 1880
• VAMPIRE BABY NAMES
• NEW YORK BABY NAMES: Big competition in the Big Apple
• NO EXPIRATION DATE ON NAMES
• MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NAMES