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Alexis
For a boy, not a girl.What do you think? Usable, at this day and age? Hmm. Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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Why not? Looking at the charts, it's been relatively common for boys in the US in the last few decades, so it strikes me as solidly unisex; plus it's declining as a girl's name. On the top of my head, Alexis Denisof, Alexis Ohanian are well-known male American Alexis.
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I work with a male Alexis. He's French and pronounces it the French way, which I can get behind. I don't like the ah-LEX-us pronunciation on either a girl or boy.
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I like it for a boy much more than I do for a girl. While it's stuck in the 70s as a feminine name, I'd say it's definitely usable for boys.
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I think it is usable. Most of the Alexis I know are boys. In french it is really common.
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I definitely think it's usable for a boy, although most people will initially guess "girl" when they see the name. There are plenty of noteworthy male namesakes. Aesthetically I don't care much for Alexis myself, but I somewhat prefer it on a boy anyway.
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Not really unless he is Hispanic, and even then I'd advise going with something else.
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For a girl, I think quite usable an alternative to Alexa

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I think so. It was never that popular for girls, and it might make a pleasant change from all the Alexes ... but there are so many Alexes and Alexanders etc that I hope it won't get used, or not much anyway.
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I like Alexis for a boy, and it's usable in some countries. Probably not in the US these days though.
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