Aleksey

Gender Masculine
Usage Russian
Scripts Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced Pron. u-lyi-KSYAY  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Russian form of Alexius. This name was borne by a 14th-century Metropolitan of Kiev who is regarded as a saint in the Orthodox Church. It was also the name of a 17th-century tsar of Russia.

Related Names

VariantsAleksei, Alexei, Alexey
DiminutivesAleks, Alex, Alyosha, Lyosha
Other Languages & CulturesAlexios, Alexius(Ancient Greek) Aliaksei(Belarusian) Aleksi(Bulgarian) Aleix(Catalan) Aljoša(Croatian) Alexej, Aleš(Czech) Alexis(English) Aleksi, Ale(Finnish) Alexis(French) Aleixo(Galician) Aleksi(Georgian) Alexis(Greek) Elek(Hungarian) Alessio(Italian) Aleksejs(Latvian) Aleksy(Polish) Aleixo(Portuguese) Aljoša(Serbian) Alexej, Aleš(Slovak) Aleksej, Aleks, Aleš, Aljoša(Slovene) Alejo, Alexis(Spanish) Oleksiy, Olexiy, Oles(Ukrainian)
Surname DescendantsAlekseev, Alekseeva, Alekseyev, Alekseyeva(Russian)

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Entry updated April 23, 2024