Felix
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix. From Latin Fēlīx.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Felix (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Felix has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 483 |
| 1999 | 492 |
| 2000 | 466 |
| 2001 | 433 |
| 2002 | 405 |
| 2003 | 460 |
| 2004 | 491 |
| 2005 | 488 |
| 2006 | 505 |
| 2007 | 464 |
| 2008 | 423 |
| 2009 | 390 |
| 2010 | 366 |
| 2011 | 315 |
| 2012 | 347 |
| 2013 | 297 |
| 2014 | 288 |
| 2015 | 233 |
| 2016 | 255 |
| 2017 | 204 |
| 2018 | 222 |
| 2019 | 178 |
| 2020 | 154 |
| 2021 | 159 |
| 2022 | 149 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 4,585 |
| 2000 | – | 5,026 |
| 2001 | – | 5,474 |
| 2002 | – | 5,882 |
| 2003 | – | 6,343 |
| 2004 | – | 6,838 |
| 2005 | – | 7,309 |
| 2006 | – | 7,816 |
| 2007 | – | 8,280 |
| 2008 | – | 8,735 |
| 2009 | – | 9,127 |
| 2010 | – | 9,514 |
| 2011 | – | 9,835 |
| 2012 | – | 10,200 |
| 2013 | – | 10,484 |
| 2014 | – | 10,794 |
| 2015 | – | 11,055 |
| 2016 | 10 | 11,335 |
| 2017 | 15 | 11,563 |
| 2018 | 18 | 11,809 |
| 2019 | 26 | 11,969 |
| 2020 | 27 | 12,127 |
Felix in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Felix.Hi! My name is Felix.
- Felix bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Felix lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Vet du om Felix kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Felix is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Felix mamma är lärare.Felix's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Felix mamma is Felix's mum. Because Felix already ends in x, nothing is added.
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Questions about Felix
How do you pronounce Felix in Swedish?
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What does the name Felix mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Felix. From Latin Fēlīx.
How popular is Felix in Sweden?
149 babies were named Felix in 2022. In 2020, 12,154 people in Sweden had Felix as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2006 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.