Felix - How popular is it?

[PenguinNZ]

This seems to be the only name that DH and I agree on at the moment, but I am worried it is becoming too popular/trendy. We are currently living overseas but are likely to come back to the UK in a few years.

Please let me know how many Felix's you know. Will he be one of many at school? (Likely to move back to London or Bristol if that helps).

TIA!

[ShoppingDays]

I don't know any Felixes.

[onimolap]

We're in London. It's one of the very common names in DS's year at school (yr 5, 9-10 yr olds), but there are none in DD's (yr 2, 6-7 yr olds). I haven't met any baby Felixes for ages.

[autodidact]

I know 1 Felix, aged 11. And went to school with one who would now be 37, in case that helps!

According to Office for National Statistics Felix was the 122nd most popular name for boys in 2009, with 485 baby boys given it as their first name.

[Ineedsomesleep]

Know 2, one is an adult and the other is 4. There are none at DS smallish school.

[MelinaM]

I know of 6 little Felix's, all under the age of 5! ..I'm just outside Bath! I do like it as a name, but I feel it's just going to become even more common popular!

[PortlyBlackSantaUpTheChimney]

....my lolly i'll kill him.

[Bue]

I only know one little Felix, and he lives in the US. It is a great name.

[Alouiseg]

I know a 6 year old and a 10 year old Felix.

[fel1x]

I dont knopw any

[muminthemiddle]

I don't know any.

[marthamydear]

I have found that Felix is very popular in London, I know four under 5 years.

[telsa]

I know one who is 6 in London.

[lilly13]

I know 1 Felix who is an adult. It is a popular German name and is not very common in the UK imho.

[lottiejenkins]

We have one Felix aged five in our village!!

[Edmundo]

I'm in Herts and it's pretty popular here. I know of 4 under 5s.

[Jojay]

I know one who is about 10 and one toddler.

Great name, and if you love it you should go for it anyway. It's so hard to predict which names are going to be popular ( who knew anyone called Ruby 10 years ago?? Not me!)

[PenguinNZ]

Thank you for all your responses. Really useful, esp Bath and London.

I think I secretly knew it was becoming more popular but was trying to ignore it IYKWIM. However this is very useful for getting DH to consider other choices.... [sneaky penguin]

Any slightly more unusual suggestions in the same vein, we also love Jasper but have ruled it out due to popularity if that helps gives you an idea of our taste. DS1 = Ryder. No M names and nothing that rhymes with Day (or has a nickname that rhymes with Day).

[telsa]

Some in a similar vein (IMO)-
Ilya
Arlo
Ingo
Jude
Ellery
Vincent

[ShoppingDays]

Milo
Hector
Leopold
Henry
Reuben
Dylan
Theodore
Nathaniel
Ethan
Barnaby
Gabriel
Sebastian
Maximilian

[effymeffy]

I know several here in the cotswolds, all under 7

[posey]

I know 2 13year old Felixes and one 12 year old,
that's it. None in ds's primary school and none in recent memory at my pre-school.
We're in London.

[SoLongAsItsHealthy]

I know two adult Felixes.

[magbags]

My favourite boys name and I only know one, my ds.

[PenguinNZ]

Thank you for the suggestions Telsa and Shopping, some from our original shortlist on both of your lists.

I think DH and I are beginning to think 'sod it - who cares that it's popular, we like it'. But that could be pregnancy hormones talking....

[tammy234]

There are quite a lot under 5 here in Surrey, so it is becoming quite 'trendy' imo.

How about
Quentin
Tristan
Vincent
Sebastian