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Alexander/Alexandra
Does the name Alex sound masculine or femine to you? To me, Alex sounds masuline, and Alexa and Alexis feminie. My sister thinks Alex is a good name for a girl, I disagree.
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Alex is beautiful masculine nickname :-))
Woman´s version is also Alexa, Alexia, SandraDo you like Alexej?
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Alex sounds both masculine and feminine though I do prefer Alexis or Alexia for a girl.
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I will own up to a total bias right up front. I've had a lifelong love affair with the name Alexander, and gave it to my firstborn son, whom we call Alex most of the time. I think of it as ultra masculine and have no regard for any feminine derivatives, though I am (oddly, I admit) able to stomach Alexandria as a place name.
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I like Alexandra and would use Alexa as the nickname. I much prefer Alex as a boys' nickname. I also only like Alexis for boys since it is technically a boys' name anyway, and I also think it sounds much too masculine for a girl.
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Alex sounds masculine.
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I find Alex and most Alex- names boring regardless of gender. :-/
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Alex sounds like a boy's name, Alexa and Alexis sound feminine to me, but they are amongst my least favorite names.
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Alex as a nn is fine for either sex. Alex as a full name, boys only imo.
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Alex can work either way but I definitely consider it masculine, along with ALexis.Alexa is feminine.
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Alex sounds unisex to me, I prefer Alexander with no nn and I dislike Alexandra.Alexis is masculine to me
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I prefer Alex for a boy but it is unisex to me, Alexis is male to me too.
I prefer Alex as a nn for both Male and females I personally dont like it as a full name.
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Alex is very masculine to me--I hate it on a girl (though it's much, much better as a nickname). Alexis also sounds masculine, and is, in fact, a masculine name. Alexa is feminine but awfully trendy. It's better as a nickname for Alexandra.
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I'm friends with both a male and female Alex (though the male Alex is short for Alexandrew, not Alexander). Most nicknames to me are unisex. A girl could be called Jack (nn for Jacqueline) or Frankie (nn for Francesca)and a boy could be called Shelly (nn for Sheldon), so why not Alex?

This message was edited 7/12/2007, 10:46 AM

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To me, Alex is a unisex name.
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