Gender Masculine & Feminine
Scripts Алекс(Russian, Ukrainian) Ալեքս(Armenian)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈa.lʲɪks/(Russian) /ˈa.lɛks/(Polish)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Short form of Aleksey, Aleksandr or Aleksandra.

Related Names

VariantsAleksandrina, Alesya, Alex, Alik, Alya, Alyosha, Asya, Lyosha, Sanya, Sasha, Sashok, Shura(Russian) Aleš, Sandi, Saša, Sašo(Slovene) Olek(Polish)
DiminutiveSashenka(Russian)
Other Languages & CulturesAleksandër, Skënder(Albanian) Eskender, Eskinder(Amharic) Alexander, Alexandra, Alexandros, Alexios, Alexius(Ancient Greek) Iskandar(Arabic) Alesander(Basque) Aliaksandr, Aliaksandra, Aliaksei, Alesya(Belarusian) Alexander(Biblical) Alexandros(Biblical Greek) Aleksandar, Skender(Bosnian) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Aleksi, Aleksandrina, Asya, Sashka, Sasho(Bulgarian) Aleix, Alexandra, Alexandre, Àlex(Catalan) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Aljoša, Sanda, Sandi, Sandra, Saša(Croatian) Alexandr, Alexandra, Alexej, Aleš, Alex, Sandra(Czech) Alexander, Alexandra, Aleksander, Alex, Sander, Sandra(Danish) Alexander, Alexandra, Alex, Lex, Sacha, Sander, Sandra, Sascha, Xander, Xandra(Dutch) Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis, Al, Alec, Alex, Alexa, Alexandrea, Alexandria, Alexandrina, Alexina, Ali, Allie, Ally, Alyx, Drina, Lex, Lexa, Lexi, Lexie, Lexine, Lexy, Sandie, Sandra, Sandy, Sasha, Saundra, Sondra, Xander, Zander, Zandra(English) Aleksandro, Aleĉjo(Esperanto) Aleksander, Aleksandra, Sander(Estonian) Aleksandra, Aleksanteri, Aleksi, Ale, Samppa, Santeri, Santtu(Finnish) Alexandra, Alexandre, Alexis, Alex, Alexandrie, Alexandrine, Sacha, Sandra, Sandrine, Sasha(French) Alexandre, Aleixo(Galician) Aleksandra, Aleksandre, Aleksi, Sandro(Georgian) Alexander, Alexandra, Alex, Alexa, Sandra, Sascha(German) Alexandra, Alexandros, Alexis, Aleka, Alekos, Alex(Greek) Alexander, Alexandra, Alexandros(Greek Mythology) Alexander, Alexandra, Elek, Alex, Alexa, Sándor, Sanyi, Szandra(Hungarian) Alexander, Alexandra, Alex, Sandra(Icelandic) Iskandar(Indonesian) Alastar, Alastríona(Irish) Alessandra, Alessandro, Alessio, Ale, Alessa, Sandra, Sandro(Italian) Aleksandra, Aleksandrs, Aleksejs, Alekss, Sanda, Sandra, Santa(Latvian) Aleksandra, Aleksandras, Sandra(Lithuanian) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Aca, Ace, Aco, Sandra, Sashka, Sasho, Saška, Saško, Sašo(Macedonian) Iskandar(Malay) Aleksander, Alexander, Alexandra, Alex, Sander, Sandra(Norwegian) Sikandar(Pashto) Eskandar(Persian) Alexandra, Alexandre, Alexandrina, Aleixo, Alex, Sandra, Xande, Xandinho(Portuguese) Alexandra, Alexandrina, Alexandru, Alex, Andra, Sanda, Sandra, Sandu(Romanian) Sawney(Scots) Alastair, Alistair, Alister, Ally(Scottish) Alasdair(Scottish Gaelic) Aleksandar, Aleksandra, Aca, Aco, Aljoša, Sandra, Saša(Serbian) Alexander, Alexandra, Alexej, Aleš(Slovak) Alejandra, Alejandro, Alejo, Alexis, Ale, Álex, Sandra(Spanish) Alexander, Alexandra, Alex, Sandra, Sassa(Swedish) İskender(Turkish) Sikandar(Urdu) Sender(Yiddish)
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Entry updated April 5, 2022