name
Meaning 1
A male given name from Latin.
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Standard Lemma guide
Felix
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/ˈfiːlɪks/
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rhymes with -iːlɪks
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CMU ARPABET: F IY1 L IH0 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A generic name given to a cat.
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name
Meaning 3
A place name:
A municipality in Almería province, Andalusia, Spain.
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name
Meaning 4
A place name:
A community and railway point in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
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name
Meaning 5
A place name:
An unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California, United States.
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name
Meaning 6
A place name:
A township in Grundy County, Illinois, United States, named after Felix Grundy.
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name
Meaning 7
A place name:
A township in Grundy County, Iowa, United States, also named after Felix Grundy.
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noun
Meaning 8
Free Electron Laser for Infrared eXperiments
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noun
Meaning 9
Free-orbit Experiment with Laser Interferometry X-Rays
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History
Etymology
From Latin Fēlīx (literally “happy, lucky”).
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: فيليكس — male given name
- Catalan: Fèlix — male given name
- Catalan: Feliu — male given name
- Cherokee: ᏈᎵᏏ (quilisi) — male given name
- Czech: Felix — male given name
- Danish: Felix — male given name
- Dutch: Felix — male given name
- Emilian: Flîs — male given name
- Esperanto: Felikso — male given name
- Estonian: Feliks — male given name
- French: Félix — male given name
- German: Felix — male given name
- Greek: Φήλιξ (Fílix) — male given name
- Ancient Greek: Εὐτύχιος (Eutúkhios) — male given name
- Hebrew: פליקס — male given name
- Hungarian: Félix — male given name
- Indonesian: Felix — male given name
- Italian: Felice — male given name
- Japanese: フェリックス (Ferikkusu) — male given name
- Korean: 펠릭스 (pellikseu) — male given name
- Latin: Fēlīx — male given name
- Leonese: Fliz — male given name
- Lombard: Filìs — male given name
- Lombard: Felis — male given name
- Norwegian: Felix — male given name
- Occitan: Felitz — male given name
- Occitan: Feliç — male given name
- Occitan: Faliç — male given name
- Occitan: Fèliç — male given name
- Persian: فلیکس — male given name
- Polish: Feliks — male given name
- Polish: Szczęsny — male given name
- Portuguese: Félix — male given name
- Russian: Фе́ликс (Féliks) — male given name
- Spanish: Félix — male given name
- Swedish: Felix — male given name
- Ukrainian: Фе́лікс (Féliks) — male given name
- Urdu: فلیکس — male given name
- Vietnamese: Fêlix — male given name
Real reading context