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Felix

/ˈfiːlɪks/

Felix proper noun: a male given name from Latin.

Proper noun

Felix

  1. A male given name from Latin.
    • And after certaine dayes, when Felix came with his wife Orusilla, which was a Iew, he sent for Paul, and heard him cōcerning the faith in Christ.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 24:24
    • She gave birth to a child, a boy, and she called him Felix, which means 'happiness'.1999 January 20, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Death's Shadow”, in Midsomer Murders
  2. A generic name given to a cat.
  3. A municipality in Almería province, Andalusia, Spain.
  4. A community and railway point in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
  5. An unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, United States.
  6. A township in Grundy County, Illinois, United States, named after Felix Grundy.
  7. A township in Grundy County, Iowa, United States, also named after Felix Grundy.

Noun capitalized: FELIX

FELIX

  1. Free Electron Laser for Infrared eXperiments
  2. Free-orbit Experiment with Laser Interferometry X-Rays

Felix meaning in Urdu, Arabic, Indonesian and Persian

Felix in Urdu

male given name
فلیکس

Felix in Arabic

male given name
فيليكس

Felix in Indonesian

male given name
Felix

Felix in Persian

male given name
فلیکس
More languagesFewer languages
Felix in Vietnamese
Fêlix

Origin of Felix

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

Phrases with Felix

Words that rhyme with Felix

Questions about Felix

What does Felix mean?
Felix means a male given name from Latin.
What is Felix in Urdu?
Felix in Urdu is فلیکس. See Felix meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is Felix?
Felix can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Felix?
Felix is pronounced /ˈfiːlɪks/.

Words near Felix in the dictionary

  1. felinophobia
  2. felinosis
  3. Felipe
  4. Felisha
  5. Felivaru
  6. Felix
  7. felix culpa
  8. felix culpas
  9. Felixstowe
  10. felk
  11. Felker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Felix (page history and authors); FELIX (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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