Felix

See also: felix, FELIX, Félix, Fèlix, and Fêlix

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from English Felix.

Noun

Felix

1. (chess) Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the f-file in algebraic notation.

References

• FIDE Laws of Chess 2023

English

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx (literally “happy, lucky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːlɪks/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːlɪks

Proper noun

Felix

1. A male given name from Latin.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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, page 134:

     Had a funny first name, like Oscar or maybe - no! I remember now. It was Felix. Felix Tanner.

   • 2019 May 28, Jack Guy, Antonia Mortensen, “Germans urged to wear Jewish skullcap ahead of anti-Israel protests”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 February 2021:

     “I call on all citizens of Berlin and across Germany to wear the yarmulke (as the skullcap is known in Yiddish) next Saturday if there are new, intolerable attacks targeting Israel and Jews on the occasion of Al-Quds Day in Berlin,” said Felix Klein in a statement.

2. A generic name given to a cat.
3. A place name:
   1. A municipality in Almería province, Andalusia, Spain.
   2. A community and railway point in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
   3. An unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, United States.
   4. A township in Grundy County, Illinois, United States, named after Felix Grundy.
   5. A township in Grundy County, Iowa, United States, also named after Felix Grundy.

Related terms

• female given names: Felicia, Felicity

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: فيليكس
• Catalan: Fèlix (ca), Feliu (ca)
• Cherokee: ᏈᎵᏏ (quilisi)
• Czech: Felix (cs)
• Danish: Felix
• Dutch: Felix (nl)
• Emilian: Flîs
• Esperanto: Felikso
• Estonian: Feliks
• French: Félix (fr)
• German: Felix (de)
• Greek: Φήλιξ (el) (Fílix)

  Ancient Greek: Εὐτύχιος (Eutúkhios)

• Hebrew: פליקס
• Hungarian: Félix (hu)
• Indonesian: Felix
• Italian: Felice (it)
• Japanese: フェリックス (Ferikkusu)
• Korean: 펠릭스 (pellikseu)
• Latin: Fēlīx m
• Leonese: Fliz
• Lombard: Filìs, Felis
• Norwegian: Felix (no)
• Occitan: Felitz m, Feliç m, Faliç m, Fèliç m
• Persian: فلیکس
• Polish: Feliks (pl) m, Szczęsny (pl) m
• Portuguese: Félix (pt) m
• Russian: Фе́ликс (ru) m (Féliks)
• Spanish: Félix (es)
• Swedish: Felix (sv)
• Ukrainian: Фе́лікс (Féliks)
• Urdu: فلیکس
• Vietnamese: Fêlix

Anagrams

• exfil, flexi, flexi-

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Félix, from Latin Fēlīx.

Proper noun

Felix

1. a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin]

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin Fēlīx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛlɪks]
• Rhymes: -ɪks
• Hyphenation: Fe‧lix

Proper noun

Felix m anim

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

Declension

Declension of Felix (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Felix	Felixové
genitive	Felixa	Felixů
dative	Felixovi, Felixu	Felixům
accusative	Felixa	Felixy
vocative	Felixe	Felixové
locative	Felixovi, Felixu	Felixech
instrumental	Felixem	Felixy

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Proper noun

Felix

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfe(ː)liks/, [ˈfe̞(ː)liks̠]
• Rhymes: -eliks

Proper noun

Felix

1. a male given name

Declension

Inflection of Felix (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Felix	Felixit
genitive		Felixin	Felixien
partitive		Felixiä	Felixejä
illative		Felixiin	Felixeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Felix	Felixit
accusative	nom.	Felix	Felixit
	gen.	Felixin
genitive		Felixin	Felixien
partitive		Felixiä	Felixejä
inessive		Felixissä	Felixeissä
elative		Felixistä	Felixeistä
illative		Felixiin	Felixeihin
adessive		Felixillä	Felixeillä
ablative		Felixiltä	Felixeiltä
allative		Felixille	Felixeille
essive		Felixinä	Felixeinä
translative		Felixiksi	Felixeiksi
abessive		Felixittä	Felixeittä
instructive		—	Felixein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Felix (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Felixini Felixini accusative nom. Felixini Felixini gen. Felixini genitive Felixini Felixieni partitive Felixiäni Felixejäni inessive Felixissäni Felixeissäni elative Felixistäni Felixeistäni illative Felixiini Felixeihini adessive Felixilläni Felixeilläni ablative Felixiltäni Felixeiltäni allative Felixilleni Felixeilleni essive Felixinäni Felixeinäni translative Felixikseni Felixeikseni abessive Felixittäni Felixeittäni instructive — — comitative — Felixeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Felixisi Felixisi accusative nom. Felixisi Felixisi gen. Felixisi genitive Felixisi Felixiesi partitive Felixiäsi Felixejäsi inessive Felixissäsi Felixeissäsi elative Felixistäsi Felixeistäsi illative Felixiisi Felixeihisi adessive Felixilläsi Felixeilläsi ablative Felixiltäsi Felixeiltäsi allative Felixillesi Felixeillesi essive Felixinäsi Felixeinäsi translative Felixiksesi Felixeiksesi abessive Felixittäsi Felixeittäsi instructive — — comitative — Felixeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Feliximme Feliximme accusative nom. Feliximme Feliximme gen. Feliximme genitive Feliximme Felixiemme partitive Felixiämme Felixejämme inessive Felixissämme Felixeissämme elative Felixistämme Felixeistämme illative Felixiimme Felixeihimme adessive Felixillämme Felixeillämme ablative Felixiltämme Felixeiltämme allative Felixillemme Felixeillemme essive Felixinämme Felixeinämme translative Felixiksemme Felixeiksemme abessive Felixittämme Felixeittämme instructive — — comitative — Felixeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Felixinne Felixinne accusative nom. Felixinne Felixinne gen. Felixinne genitive Felixinne Felixienne partitive Felixiänne Felixejänne inessive Felixissänne Felixeissänne elative Felixistänne Felixeistänne illative Felixiinne Felixeihinne adessive Felixillänne Felixeillänne ablative Felixiltänne Felixeiltänne allative Felixillenne Felixeillenne essive Felixinänne Felixeinänne translative Felixiksenne Felixeiksenne abessive Felixittänne Felixeittänne instructive — — comitative — Felixeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Felixinsä Felixinsä accusative nom. Felixinsä Felixinsä gen. Felixinsä genitive Felixinsä Felixiensä partitive Felixiään Felixiänsä Felixejään Felixejänsä inessive Felixissään Felixissänsä Felixeissään Felixeissänsä elative Felixistään Felixistänsä Felixeistään Felixeistänsä illative Felixiinsä Felixeihinsä adessive Felixillään Felixillänsä Felixeillään Felixeillänsä ablative Felixiltään Felixiltänsä Felixeiltään Felixeiltänsä allative Felixilleen Felixillensä Felixeilleen Felixeillensä essive Felixinään Felixinänsä Felixeinään Felixeinänsä translative Felixikseen Felixiksensä Felixeikseen Felixeiksensä abessive Felixittään Felixittänsä Felixeittään Felixeittänsä instructive — — comitative — Felixeineen Felixeinensä

Statistics

• Felix is the 277^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,660 male individuals (and as a middle name to 926 more), and also belongs to 14 female individuals (and as a middle name to 5 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeːlɪks/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Fe‧lix

Proper noun

Felix

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Fēlīx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛːlɪks/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛːlɪxs/

Proper noun

Felix m (proper noun, genitive singular Felix)

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

Declension

Declension of Felix (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Felix
accusative	Felix
dative	Felix
genitive	Felix

Latin

Alternative forms

• Foelīx (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From fēlīx (“lucky, happy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfeː.liːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛː.liks]

Proper noun

Fēlīx m sg (genitive Fēlīcis); third declension

1. A cognomen, particularly of later Roman emperors.
2. A masculine given name, particularly of alleged early Christian saints.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Fēlīx
genitive	Fēlīcis
dative	Fēlīcī
accusative	Fēlīcem
ablative	Fēlīce
vocative	Fēlīx

Derived terms

• PF

References

• “Felix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Felix”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Proper noun

Felix

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Fēlīx.

Proper noun

Felix c (genitive Felix)

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix

Related terms

• Felicia

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Félix, from Latin Fēlix.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈfeliks/ [ˈfɛː.lɪks]
    • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˈpeliks/ [ˈpɛː.lɪks]
    • Rhymes: -eliks
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpelis/ [ˈpɛː.lɪs] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: Fe‧lix

Proper noun

Felix (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔)

1. a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Felix