ALEX
GENDER: Masculine & Feminine
USAGE: English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese
PRONOUNCED: AL-əks (English), AH-ləks (Dutch)   [key]
Meaning & History
Short form of ALEXANDER, ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with Alex.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Al, Alec, Alexa, Allie, Ally, Lex, Lexa, Lexi, Lexie, Lexine, Lexy, Sandy, Zandra, Alexandrina, Alyx, Sandie, Xander, Zander (English), Lex, Sander, Xander, Xandra (Dutch), Xandinho (Portuguese)
DIMINUTIVES: Lexa, Alexina (English)
FEMININE FORM: Alexina (English)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Skender (Albanian), Aleksandrina, Sasho (Bulgarian), Àlex (Catalan), Sandi, Sandra, Saša (Croatian), Aleš (Czech), Sander, Sandra (Danish), Aleĉjo (Esperanto), Ale, Samppa, Sandra, Santeri, Santtu (Finnish), Sándor, Szandra, Sanyi (Hungarian), Ale, Alessa, Sandra, Sandro (Italian), Sandra (Latvian), Sandra (Lithuanian), Ace, Sandra, Sashka, Sasho (Macedonian), Sander, Sandra (Norwegian), Ola, Olek (Polish), Sanda, Sandra, Sandu (Romanian), Aleksandrina, Sasha, Shura (Russian), Ally, Saundra, Sawney (Scottish), Sandra, Saša (Serbian), Aleš (Slovak), Aleks, Aleš, Sandi, Sandra, Saša, Sašo (Slovene), Ale (Spanish), Sander, Sandra, Sassa (Swedish), Lesya (Ukrainian)
Popularity
United States  ranked #98 
England/Wales  ranked #59 
Canada (BC)  - 
Australia (NSW)  ranked #90 
Catalonia  ranked #2 
Chile  ranked #81 
France  ranked #136 
Hungary  ranked #51 
Ireland  ranked #10 
Netherlands  ranked #176 
Northern Ireland  ranked #35 
Scotland  ranked #82 
Slovenia  ranked #57 
Spain  ranked #28 
Sweden  ranked #82