Felix

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in English: from Latin Felix 'happy'; first attested Felix monachus 1122 AC (Sx)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/feliks/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Felix is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country. In the Dominican Republic it is the 11th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • DODominican Republic≈1 in 230(inferred from the name graph)
  • NINicaragua≈1 in 263
  • PEPeru≈1 in 346

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈300,000 people, est.

#579 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
463 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 230 (inferred from the name graph)

Dominican Republic, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

FelixLatin(measured from records)
ФеликсCyrillic(measured from records)
ՖելիքսArmenian(measured from records)
ΦελιξGreek(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

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

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

How Felix is read(measured from records)

Felix is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Spanish51%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Felix in Spanish.

  • English19%

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

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

    lucky, fortunate; Latin.

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

  • Portuguese8.9%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Felix in Portuguese.

  • German5.4%

    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 nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

    from Latin Felix ‘happy, fortunate’

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Felix counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Felix is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria—≈300,000 est.≈1 in 720—Felix57
PH Philippines#427≈130,000 est.≈1 in 872listedFelix109
PE Peru#47≈92,000 est.≈1 in 346—Felix108
US United States#96080,5541 in 4.1K80KFelix463
VE Venezuela#73≈71,000 est.≈1 in 401—Felix92
DO Dominican Republic#11≈46,000 est.≈1 in 230—Felix93
EC Ecuador#11332,4831 in 52032KFelix58
NI Nicaragua#17≈24,000 est.≈1 in 263—Felix43

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Felix is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name59 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, France, Philippines

    Languages: English, German, French

    Also written Félix, Fèlix, Félíx, Fėlix, Félïx

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Félix, Felíx, Fêlix, Fèlix, Fé́lix

  • Swedish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Denmark, United States, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Félix

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Félix, 'Felix

  • Finnish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Finland, Switzerland

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Félix, Fêlix

99 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(measured from records)

Felix is also recorded in 2 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 nameIrish first names

  • 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 nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

0500100015002000Felix I, b. 300Felix Grundy, b. 1777Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, b. 1809Felix Hausdorff, b. 1868Felix Bloch, b. 1905Felix Baumgartner, b. 1969John Cena, b. 1977PewDiePie, b. 1989Holger Badstuber, b. 1989
  • 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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Felix,Hi Felix, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 146 sources across 70 countries.

Official registers attesting Felix
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202080K#659
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names202432K#72
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20252.1K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.1K#659

Reference works 10

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

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, and where does it come from?
from Latin Felix 'happy'; first attested Felix monachus 1122 AC (Sx) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
In which country does Felix have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 297 thousand people named Felix in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled felix.
How common is the name Felix?
In the United States, the national register counted 80,554 people named Felix in 2020, about 1 in 4.1 thousand residents.
How common is Felix compared with other names?
In the Dominican Republic, Felix is the 11th most common given name of 44,971 given names recorded there.
How do you pronounce Felix?
A machine transcription gives /feliks/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What are other forms of the name Felix?
In the etymology graph, Felice, Felicity and Feliks are forms of the same name in other languages.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Felix” — the 11th most common given name in Dominican Republic. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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