Alek

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Alek 1
Revisions 3. usages AND description are verified
Gender Feminine
Usage Eastern African, Dinka

Meaning & History

Means "black-and-white cow" in Dinka.

A famous bearer is Sudanese-British model Alek Wek.
Added 7/13/2011 by bananarama
Edited 4/8/2019 by Felie, jfifles, Evil and more

Alek 2
Revisions 3. usages AND description are verified

Alek 3
Revisions not set

Alek 4
Revisions 1. basic formatting
Gender Masculine
Usage Armenian

Meaning & History

Variant of Alex.
Added 5/25/2017 by anonymous
Edited 5/17/2018 by Evil and Sofia

Alek 5
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Gender Masculine
Usage Serbian (Modern, Archaic)
Scripts Алек(Serbian)
Pronounced Pron. Al-ehk  [key]
Other Forms FormsAleksandar

Meaning & History

Shortened form of Aleksandar, a South Slavic name.
Added 2/13/2022 by Aleksandar

Alek 6
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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Serbian
Scripts Алек(Serbian)

Meaning & History

Shortened form of the Serbian names Aleksandar (M) and Aleksandra (F) which derive the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, help" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός).
Added 12/9/2022 by Aleksandar

See Also

User submission Aleĸ