Given name
Feliks
“lucky”·“one who is happy and prosper- OuS”
Feliks is a variant of Felix. Interpretations include “lucky” and “one who is happy and prosper- OuS” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Feliks is a variant of Felix. Interpretations include “lucky” and “one who is happy and prosper- OuS” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Feliks is a variant of Felix. An origin associated with Felix is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Feliks through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 110
- 110 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,576 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,576 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 584 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Feliks’s family of names
In Polish usage, Feliks has a diminutive in FELEK. Feliks has a related form in Felix. In Polish usage, Feliks has a conventional equivalent in the English form Felix.
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Around the world
Feliks has relatives in 14 languages.
12 related names in 14 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Felizequivalent
- Felisequivalent
- FeliceItalian
- ΦήλιξGreek
- FélixPortuguese, Spanish
- Feliciusequivalent
- Felicjafeminine form
- FelizianoItalian
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People named Feliks
- Felix DzerzhinskyBolshevik revolutionary and founder of the first Soviet secret police organs (1877-1926)
- Felix HoffmannGerman chemist (1868-1946)
- Feliks ZemdegsAustralian speedcuberborn 1995
- Feliks FalkPolish film and theater director, screenwriter and playwright (1941-)
- Felix SobolevUkrainian Soviet documentary filmmaker (1931–1984)
- Feliks Paweł JarockiPolish entomologist (1790-1865)
- Feliks KonecznyPolish historian and philosopher (1862–1949)
- Esa PakarinenFinnish actor and musician (1911–1989)
- Feliks GromovSoviet admiral (1937–2021)
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