Felix - nickname Fox?

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What do you think? I know mumsnetters are always brutally honest which is needed.

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I always associate the name Felix with foxes too OP. I think it's because in the stories I read as a child, the fox characters were often named Felix...just because of the alliteration I guess. Felix cat food wasn't very popular then - Whiskas seemed to be the cat food of choice. I now know the association with the Latin name for cat, but old associations linger on, I suppose. That said, even today, lots of fox characters for children (books and toys) are called Felix.

I like fox, I like Felix. So one or the other. Not both I think

I like Felix.

It sounds try hard like you want to force a cool and adorable nickname on him. Does he actually need a predetermined nickname rather than just letting one naturally evolve?

Surely, the traditional name for foxes in stories and even in 20th cent novels is 'Reynard'.
The scientific name for the fox species is 'vulpes', hence the adjective for a cunning, predatory person: 'vulpine'

I like Felix. You can call him any nickname you want, I have daft nicknames for my children. But they're only used in the family, I'm barred from using them in public, especially now they're older!

Surely, the traditional name for foxes in stories and even in 20th cent novels is 'Reynard'.

Yes, Reynard too, of course. But I've also come across Felix repeatedly. I'm not sure why it's used, but it is. It may simply be because of the similarity of the words, both starting with f and ending with x. It's catchy.

I feel like with my username, I should weigh in

Felix to Fox is only a nickname that would work at home. I can slightly see the connection -- both start with F and end in X, but it's too much of a stretch. You could lovingly call him Felix Fox and then the nn Fox would make more sense.

Again, it's a name reserved for mumsies being playful with their little uns.

Strangely I prefer Fox , but Felix is cool too.

The connection between Felix and cats is very strong. Someone has already pointed out the Latin connection. It's where the word feline 'comes' from.

I quite like the name, but Fox as a nn seems very contrived.

I love the name Felix. In fact I have a Felix. I don't like using Fox as a nn. I could get used to Fox if it was his first name. Why give a child a lovely name if you don't plan on using it?

Hehehe - why worry about Rex when you're already thinking Felix?

I literally thought this thread was about naming your new pup

I used to know a greedy black lab called Felix - his name was ironic because he was a dog - geddit?

Surely the fun of nicknames is that they develop by themselves?

I have a Felix, also known as Feeli-fox.

I'm surprised how many people say that nicknames develop naturally. These are my friend's babies being in the last 2 years, the nicknames were already planned when baby was named:

Clementine = Clemmie
Florence = Flo
Frederic = Freddie
Olivia = Liv / Olive
Theodore = Theo / Teddy

It seems quite common to name a child and not call them by their actual name and give them a nickname straight away or at least in my circle?

We've now decided he won't be a Felix or a Fox, it seems baby will be without a name for a bit after birth, it might be easier to name him then.

How about Axel if you like an X name?

I agree with you about the nicknames too @cheesebubble and think Felix with nickname Fox is great

Louis and Winston?
Laurence?
Nathaniel?
Tristan?
Otis?
Otto?
Blake?
Wilfred?

I once met a little boy who was called Felix with the nickname Rocket. You can do what you like, but if you actually want the name fox just go for that.

Felix is lovely, Fox is a bit twattish. Sorry!

In your example with pre-planned nicknames, those aren’t nicknames at all, just shortening. If I had a baby called Elizabeth and named it Liz, I wouldn’t think of that as a nickname. Fox isn’t a shortening of Felix, so just sounds bizarre. That would be like me naming my son Terry and announcing a nickname of Toy. Not a shortening, just a bit weird.

Love Fox, Love Felix both fab names.
Go with what you want OP

I know a Felix and don't think of cats everytime I see him.

Fox - I think of Mulder from the xfiles so as long as you don't mind that go for it! It's a cool name.

I have a Felix and sometimes we call him pastry 😂😂😂

I have older sons too and they started calling him him Felo when he was little and that then got turned into pastry. Felix will answer to Pastry or Felix. 😂

Fox can sound like F*cks in some accents

Family member is a Felix. He gets called Felix, Fifi, Dufus…they have all evolved naturally. You can’t get Fox from Felix, unless he grows up to have a vulpine look or a startling similarity with Fox Mulder

I think the reason it doesn’t work is because you’re changing the vowel sound. My name is something like Elizabeth, and whilst Liz would work as a shortening of that, Loz wouldn’t. (Incidentally my parents were determined that my name would never be shortened in a way they didn’t like, nor would I be given a nickname they didn’t like. They ultimately had no control over it, though, and I’m now known as the shortening they hated and a nickname that’s nothing to do with my actual name!)