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Thoughts on Felix

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Pandatone · 02/06/2019 18:40

Just that really....thanks!

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VickyLouT · 02/06/2019 21:36

I have a Felix. I love the name and have no regrets. I shorten it to Fe. But I guess family tradition as we call his sister - E. Only once did some older gent in a shop hear me calling him Felix and said "like the cat" and I said simply. No. I was a tad irritated by him. A mum in a playground did ask me once "is your son called Phoenix? " ummmm no...

Malyshek · 02/06/2019 21:25

If I had a Felix I'd probably call him "Fel" for short.

Maybe we should wonder how Felix Youssoupov shortened his name (he was russian so there's zero doubt that he did use nicknames!)

SpunBodgeSquarepants · 02/06/2019 21:02

I have a Felix and I love his name - looking at baby names whilst I was pregnant, I came across 'Felix' and it clicked in my mind right away. I don't think there is a way Felix can be shortened, is there?

Penny4Thoughts · 02/06/2019 21:01

Like it

Peachbubble · 02/06/2019 21:00

I like it

userabcname · 02/06/2019 19:59

I love this name but DH vetoed when we had our son! I know a teenage Felix and a toddler Felix - as far as I'm aware, neither shorten their name.

Predestined00 · 02/06/2019 19:57

Really dislike it, sorry. I feed my cat felix.

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Pandatone · 02/06/2019 19:57

Ooh it does seem to divide opinion. The cat association doesn't bother me toooo much but maybe that's because I don't have cats??
I think of the name as having quite a European feel, which I like.
The lack of nicknames is maybe more significant for me. Those who have used felix / know felixes, does the full name tend to be used mostly?
Thanks for your responses Smile

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GlitterPixie · 02/06/2019 19:50

I love it

DramaAlpaca · 02/06/2019 19:34

Nope, don't like. Sorry. I like the meaning though.

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 02/06/2019 19:30

Meow- sorry!

Canone · 02/06/2019 19:29

Love it!

birdling · 02/06/2019 19:24

The cat. (Sorry)

NunoGoncalves · 02/06/2019 19:15

Love it.

coral13 · 02/06/2019 19:05

As someone with Felix as a surname... Felix the cat never comes up. When people hear my name wrong, I used to go "like the cat" and people would just go "huh?"

I love the name Felix but then I am biased. But I loved it so much that when I got married we had to have 2 surnames as I didn't want to get rid of Felix.

Malyshek · 02/06/2019 18:54

I like it a lot and considered it for my son, but was put off by potential association with Felix the Cat.

c0ffeebean · 02/06/2019 18:46

Name of my firstborn. Still love it.

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