Columbia (name) taken directly from Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels while" a few others were classical or neoclassical in style. Such were Ierne for Ireland, Iberia for Spain, Noveborac for New York (from Eboracum, the Roman name for York) and Columbia for America—at the time used in the sense of "European colonies in the New World". The name was perhaps first coined by Samuel Johnson, thought to have been the author of an introductory essay (in which Columbia already appears) which explained the conceit of substituting Lilliputian for English names; Johnson also wrote down the "Debates" from 1740 to 1743. The name continued
Felix (name) of the name is "Felice", in Polish and Croatian "Feliks". Felix may refer to: Felix (name) Felix is a male given name that stems from Latin ("fēlix", "felicis") and means "happy" or "lucky". Its female form is Felicity (English)—late 14c., "happiness; that which is a source of happiness", from Old French felicite "happiness" (14c.), from Latin felicitatem (nominative felicitas) "happiness, fertility", from felix (genitive felicis) "happy, fortunate, fruitful, fertile". In German, Dutch, Czech, Slovenian, Romanian and Scandinavian languages the form "Felix" is the same as English. In French, Hungarian, Portuguese and Spanish it is written with an acute accent, "Félix",