MEANING & HISTORY
What does Félix mean?
Félix is the accented Spanish and Portuguese form of Latin Felix. The Roman name is based on an adjective meaning happy, fortunate or fruitful.
Several early saints helped preserve it in Christian naming. The accent belongs to the exact language spelling. The favourable gloss is a word history rather than a prediction of an individual’s luck or emotional state.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
SpanishEtymology & source
Learned borrowing from Latin Fēlīx.
a male given name, equivalent to English Felix
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People with the name Félix
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Felix Manalo
Filipino Christian pastor, 1886-1963
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Félix Laureano
Filipino photographer
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Felix Manalo, Félix Laureano
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Félix in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Félix
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Felix♂Happy, fortunate or lucky
- Alix·Medieval French form of Alice
- Feling♀Familiar form of Felisa or Felicidad
- Felipa·Feminine of Philip: friend of horses
- Felipe♂Fond of horses
- Felisa♀Feminine form of Félix; happy or fortunate
- Fely♀Respelling of Feli, familiar form of Felicidad
- Fe♀Faith
What rhymes with Félix?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Félix further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q16868070 — Félix (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Felix Manalo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16868070 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Félix Laureano (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16868070 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Félix (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Félix (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Felix (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted underlying source-name etymology for the stated roots or familiar formation.
- Wiktionary: Felix (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted underlying source-name etymology for the stated roots or familiar formation.
- Wiktionary: Felix (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted underlying source-name etymology for the stated roots or familiar formation.