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ALEX
GENDER: Masculine & Feminine
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, 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, Sandu (Romanian), Aleksandrina, Sasha, Shura (Russian), 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 #95 for boys 
England/Wales  ranked #52 for boys 
Canada (BC)  ranked #95 for boys 
Australia (NSW)  ranked #92 for boys 
Catalonia  ranked #2 for boys 
Chile  ranked #81 for boys 
France  ranked #136 for boys 
Hungary  ranked #51 for boys 
Ireland  ranked #8 for boys 
Netherlands  ranked #156 for boys 
Northern Ireland  ranked #45 for boys
 ranked #90 for girls
 
Scotland  - 
Slovenia  ranked #66 for boys 
Spain  ranked #28 for boys 
Sweden  ranked #81 for boys 
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