Felice

Felice is an Italian male given name of Latin origin meaning "the lucky one". The German-language form of the name is Felix . Felice rarely occurs as a female first name or as a family name .

Well-known namesake

Male first name

• Felice Anerio (1560–1614), Italian composer
• Felice Beato (~ 1833 / 34–1907 / 08), Italian photographer
• Felice Bonetto (1903–1953), Italian racing driver
• Felice Borel (1914–1993), Italian football player and coach
• Felice Carena (painter) (1879–1966), Italian painter
• Felice Carena (composer) (1885–1937), Italian composer
• Felice Casorati (mathematician) (1835–1890), Italian mathematician
• Felice Casorati (painter) (1883–1963) Italian painter
• Felice Fontana (1730–1805), Italian natural scientist
• Felice Giardini (1716–1796), Italian violinist, composer and opera director
• Felice Gimondi (1942–2019), former Italian racing cyclist
• Felice Milano (1891-1915), Italian football player
• Felice Nazzaro (1881–1940), Italian racing driver
• Felice Orsini (1819–1858), Italian lawyer and assassin
• Felice Picano (* 1944), American writer and publisher
• Felice Piccolo (* 1983), Italian football player
• Felice Puttini (* 1967), Swiss cyclist
• Felice Quinto (1929-2010), Italian photographer
• Felice Romani (1788–1865), Italian author and librettist
• Felice Vecchione (* 1991), German-Italian soccer player
• Felice Vinci (* 1946), Italian nuclear engineer and amateur historian

Female first name

• Felice Bauer (1887–1960), Franz Kafka's fiancee
• Felice Mueller (* 1989), American rower
• Felice Schragenheim (1922–1945), German journalist

family name

• Arnaldo de Felice (* 1965), Italian oboist and composer
• Carlo Alberto Felice (1886–1949), Italian film critic and director
• Cynthia Felice (*?), American science fiction writer
• Ernie Felice (1922–2015), American jazz accordionist
• Felix Mayer-Felice (1876–1929), German portrait painter
• Fortunato Felice (1723–1789), Italian nobleman, poet and scientist
• Giuseppe de Felice Giuffrida (1859–1920), Italian politician and journalist
• Nik Felice (* 1980), German-Nigerian actor, singer and songwriter

additional

• The Felice Brothers , American new folk rock / country rock band

See also

• De Felice (family name)
• Porta Felice
• San Felice

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Felice on www.vornamen-weltweit.de
2. ↑ Felice on www.behindthename.com (Engl.)
3. ↑ Felix on www.behindthename.com with etymology (Engl.)