SaveGender Masculine & Feminine
Usage German, French, English, Greek, Ancient Greek
Meaning & History
From the Greek name Αλεξις (Alexis) meaning "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, to help". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek comic poet, and also of several saints. It is used somewhat interchangeably with the related name Αλεξιος or Alexius, borne by five Byzantine emperors. In the English-speaking world it is more commonly used as a feminine name.
Related Names
Feminine FormAlexia(French)
Other Languages & CulturesAleksei, Aleksey, Alexei, Alexey, Aliaksei(Belarusian) Aleix, Alèxia(Catalan) Aljoša(Croatian) Alexej, Aleš(Czech) Aleksi, Ale(Finnish) Aleixo(Galician) Elek(Hungarian) Alessia, Alessio(Italian) Aleksy(Polish) Aleixo(Portuguese) Aleksei, Aleksey, Alexei, Alexey, Aleks, Alex, Alyosha, Lyosha(Russian) Aljoša(Serbian) Alexej, Aleš(Slovak) Aleksej, Aleks, Aleš, Aljoša(Slovene) Alejo(Spanish) Aleksei, Aleksey, Alexei, Alexey, Oleksiy, Olexiy, Aleks, Oles(Ukrainian)
