Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Felix m. Latin felix'happy; blessed, lucky, fortunate; fertile'.

The name of a a 1st C Roman martyr, three 3rd C saints, a 3rd C pope, two 4th C Roman martyrs, two 4th C saint, a 4th C anti-pope, a 5th C pope, a 5th or 6th C British saint, a 6th C pope, a 7th C Anglo-Saxon saint, a 9th C Portuguese saint, an 11th C Breton saint, a 13th C French saint, and a 15th C antipope.

Belgium
Dutch
● 1597x1598 Felix BoonenGes p. 378
England
Latin
● 1561 ffelicis (gen) RegSoABap p. 3; 1593 ffelix (nom) RegSoAMar p. 16
Early Modern English
● 1586 Felix CAmar-vol1 p. 129
France
Latin
● 745 Felice (abl) CartStBert 1, Felix (nom) ibid. 1; 814 Felicis (nom) StVdM-II F9
Old French
◑ 1298 Feliset (obl) HistHdVParis p. 138
Germany
Early New High German
● 1497 Felix Nurn1497 264
Italy
Latin
● 1470 Felice (abl) RCCaetani6 XXI-62; 1521 Felix (nom) VitAs2 VI; 1522x1532 Felix (nom) DSF p. 51, 8
Italian
● 1513x1521 Felice LeoX p. 16
Spain
Catalan
● 1510 Felices valencia1510 4438
Spanish
● 1576 Felix Catalogo-5.2 3880
Switzerland
Latin
● 1235 Felix (nom) CLC p. 22
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Felix". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Felix.