"Felix Drake:
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin. This was the name of many early saints and four popes. Felix is at an all-time popularity peak and is currently ranked #374 among the U.S. boys' names.Peder and I had another name picked out, but I wasn't all that thrilled with it. (Rachel guessed that one too at Christmas: Christopher Wren) after many discussions we decided that we both liked Felix. I just liked the name and that it wasn't as common, and Peder liked that it had an "X" in it and that it is Latin for happy or lucky. No firm decision that that was definitely the name, just that we both liked it.
From a surname derived from either Middle English drake "male duck" or else from the Old Norse personal name Draki or the Old English personal name Draca
both meaning "dragon".
One day, a couple of weeks later, Peder emailed me saying he thought "Felix Drake" was a good strong name. I replied, "Drake? Like a duck? Later we laughed at the idea of naming our child "lucky duck". The longer we have been tossing it around, the more it has stuck to the point where I feel confident sharing. As terrible as it is that the name is a cute joke, we also know that only geeks like us would make the connection.I also noted the alternate meaning: Lucky Dragon. Anyone remember Falkor the luck dragon from "The Neverending Story?" "
Yep, we're sticking with Felix Drake. I've liked the name for as long as I can remember. Both because of the heavy cat vibe and because it's an uncommon, yet known name. It also gives us the very strange distinction of going with common Roman names. That wasn't a theme I ever would have guessed at. The full name is also similar to that of my favorite explorer. And I would never saddle a boy with the name 'Francis'.
Anyway, we love this name! And we think that our wonderful boy will love it too.
5 comments:
I love it. And I ALSO love that he will indeed, be a lucky duck!
Fun! I like it very much. My nephew Felix!
It's a good, strong, solid name. I doubt he'll ever get the cat reference, though.
I think it sounds great! You've got yourself a future 1930s pulp hero, Peder! :]
Very nice! Our neighbor across the street is named Felix and it fits him to a 't'. Will be neat to see how your Felix grows into his name :)
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