Felix

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Феликс in RU Russia, FI Finland, KZ Kazakhstan and 1 more, Feliks in PL Poland, AT Austria, HR Croatia and Фелікс in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Felix is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.9M records spelled Felix60 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Germany, Venezuela

  Languages: English, French, German

  Also written Félix, Fèlix, Félice, Félíx, Felix'

• a separate given name97K records spelled Felix7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, India, Bolivia

  Also written Félix, Fèlix, Fé́lix, Fêlix, Felíx

• Danish given name43K records spelled Felix26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Felice, Félix, Félīx, Fëlîx, Félice

• Indonesian given name29K records spelled Felix15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Félix, Felis, 'Felix, Fèlix, Fĕĺíx

• Polish given name20K records spelled Felix7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States, Slovakia

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

  Also written Félix, Adaukt, Fèlix, Fëlïx

• Finnish given name18K records spelled Felix5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Sweden, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Félix, Fêlix

97 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Felix is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latin, Latin ‘happy’; used to anglicise Felim, Phelim and Felimid.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In German, männl. Vom. lateinischen Ursprungs (lat. filix »fruchtbar; glücklich; Glück brin­ gend«). Lat. Felix war ursprünglich ein römischer Beiname, der als Wunschname aufgefasst werden kann. In frühchristlicher

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Swedish, Felix är ett latinskt namn, ursprungligen ett romerskt binamn, bildat till felix ’lycklig’. Namnet har varit ett av de populäraste under de senaste årtiondena men är nu på nedgång. I den rikssvenska almanackan 14 januari, efter ett helgon, Felix av Nola (död ca 260). I den finlandssvenska almanackan 6 september.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In German, from Latin Felix ‘happy, fortunate’

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In English, lucky, fortunate; Latin.

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Felix Ib. 300ITPope and bishop of Rome from 269 to 274
• Felix Grundyb. 1777USAmerican politician (1777-1840)
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdyb. 1809DEGerman composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent (1809-1847)
• Felix Hausdorffb. 1868DEGerman mathematician (*1868 – †1942)
• Felix Blochb. 1905CHSwiss physicist (1905-1983)
• Felix Baumgartnerb. 1969ATAustrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper (1969–2025)
• John Cenab. 1977USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor and professional wrestler (born 1977)
• PewDiePieb. 1989SEnot in their usual nameSwedish YouTuber (born 1989)
• Holger Badstuberb. 1989DEnot in their usual nameGerman association football player (born 1989)
• Felix IVITPope and bishop of Rome from 526 to 530

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,715 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Felix?

We estimate roughly 292 thousand people bear Felix (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Felix have the most bearers?

Felix is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled felix.

How common is Felix compared with other names?

In Argentina, Felix is the 240th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Felix a male or female name?

Felix is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Felix mean?

Recorded meaning: from Latin Felix 'happy'; first attested Felix monachus 1122 AC (Sx)