Max or Felix?

[sunshinefordays]

Which do you prefer of Max or Felix and why?

Any associations you have with either name?

Thanks!

*felix the cat

Bloomin autocorrect 🙈

I much prefer Max. It’s simple, friendly, well known. I find Felix a bit fussy if that makes sense. Maximus is cool too.

Felix

There are SO many Max's...

Felix. It’s such a great name with such a nice meaning. It’s wasted on cats.

I associate the name Max with dogs, I have known several dogs with the name Max, I have never known a cat called Felix, yes there is a cat food brand, but there's many other cats food brands too with names, I don't think a brand can mean the name can never be used as the name Felix is a real name that has been around since the Roman times, it means 'happiness'

I have a son called Felix. Obviously there's a cat food called felix but honestly nobody has ever made the link and now I have a Felix I don't even think about the cat food. It really isn't an issue. I get soooo many compliments on his lovely name ♥️
You could go with pheonix if the comments put you off!
I wouldn't change my little Felix for anything ♥️ He looks putting the Felix the car song on Alexa and we have a laugh at it 🙈

I also have a Marley. Maybe I just let the pet style names 😅

Lol just realised I have already commented on this months ago 😅 I thought it was a new thread, haha!

Both are cats names. Or dog and cat.

Felix is almost in the top 50 and my teenage son has several in his year. I just roll my eyes at the cat comments on mumsnet.
I much prefer Felix to Max, mainly because the Max I used to know well was a horrible bully.
But objectively it's a nice enough name - Felix is lovely though.

Max for a dog, Felix for a cat so obviously I prefer Max.

I mean both lovely names but also both very popular right now ! 2 of each in my child’s nursery 🙈🙈

I was about to do the same! 😅

I still do love both though. I forgot to mention Felix was a very close second choice for DS. Sadly it was vetoed by DH in favour of Leo.

Just because people are too polite to make cat comments I'm afraid they're probably still thinking it.

Go with Max!

I would prefer Felix.

I would prefer Felix.

I love both! Our DS is Felix!

Much prefer Max. I know that others disagree with me as felix is very popular but I just can't get over the cat food thing.

The comments here are silly, especially when Max is a way more common name for a dog than Felix is for a cat. Max is number 3 in popularity for dog names! just like the name Bella is now a popular dogs name... that doesn't mean we suddenly can't use it lol

Also I had a cat and fed it Whiska's brand (which is a far more popular cat food brand) and still never made the connection of Felix with a cat.. The name Felix has been since used in even big films like Disney's 'Enchanto' Harry Potter, twilight, once upon a time and famous books like Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein', literally a Roman nick name that literally meant 'good luck' good fortune' 'happiness' the name Felix is in the bible that's how old it is, it has been around way before the brand.

I just think names shouldn't die because of a brand/tv show/celebrity Max and Felix were names before, they can still be names lol people are just really harsh on this website and get a kick out of trashing kids names (except their own!). We still name our kids 'Thomas' despite the famous 'Thomas the Tank Engine' association.

Felix is a very well known cat food brand in UK Supermarkets. Like Whiskas!

Max is overused imo and is starting to feel dated.

Love both, but prefer Felix. Like ppl have said, cat names, but who cares?

the person who rebooted this thread clearly has a kid called Felix...

The comments here are silly

In your opinion

As this thread shows many people associate Felix with cats and cat food!

Max.
Felix is a cat.

Love Maximilian & also Maxwell.

Long before the Felix cat food brand there was Felix the cartoon cat. I think they still make Felix merch today. So the Felix=cat connections are strong and it's pointless arguing against them. Use the name by all means, it's a nice name, but accept that for some people it will always provoke feline thoughts.