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My favorite Alex- name for a girl is Alexandria. It reminds me of the Egyptian city and its vast library, which is a nice association.

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I don't really like Alexis for a girl or a boy. It does make a better middle name, I think. Although, I do rather like Lexie as a nickname.

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Of the three you chose, I prefer Alexis for a middle name, but Alexa for a first name. Alexa is slightly softer and easier to say, and would be less likely to be shortened to Alex or Lexi, but for a middle name, Alexa would sound like a cop out; Alexis would be a more sophisticated choice (I think).

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My favourite Alex name is Alexandra, but only as it is pronounced in Europe - aleks-AH-ndra. That pronunciation is absolutely beautiful; alegz-ANN-dra is not. But in an English speaking country, people would always pronounce it the second way.

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There is one Alexandra I know of in my social circle.

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I like Alexis, like you said it has a really nice sound. I've never met anyone called Alexis, but I do know it's common on little girls now.

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My order for the three Alex names you have is
Alexis
Alexa
Alexandria - I really don't like this name.

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My favourite Alex name is Alexia. It sounds lovely, is not very common and it just has a really nice musical quality to it. I like Alessia too.

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I know heaps of people with Alex names, though no Alexises or Alexandrias. I can't really give you a number, but it would be at least eight I think. They're all called Alexandra or Alexander, except for one, a girl who is just called Alex. One of the Alexandras goes by Alexa and most of the Alexanders are just Alex. One Alexandra goes by Zan (or maybe Xan). I know more girls than boys with Alex names.

I like it better for a girl than for a boy, but it feels very 90s... I like Alexa better.
Hard to really count how many off the top of my head...
I also know an Alejandra and an old family friend has a little boy named Alejandro.
They're all somewhat common, with the possible exception of Alexandria... However, as long as you pair it w/ something less common, it could work.

I don't care much for Alexis. It sounds rather stripper-like to me.

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Alexandria seems over the top, but I like Alexandra or Alexa well enough.

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If I had to, I would go with Alexandra. For any of these names I would use the nn Allie.

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I know:
Alexa- 2
Alexis- 2 (one goes by Lexie)
Alexandra- at least 8 (Most go by Alex, one goes by Ally, one goes by Zandra or Z, and two don't use a nn)
Alexandria- 0, but it's a place name near me
Alexander- at least 5 (one goes by Lex, the rest by Alex)

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Others I know:
Alexei (male)
Alexene (female, goes by Alex)
Alexia (2, one goes by Lexi)

Alexis on a girl is okay, not a favorite but I like it better than Alexa, Alexandra or Alexandria. I actually went to school with a girl named Alexis who was a couple grades ahead of me. She was and stil is a spoiled, obnoxious woman, and her daughter Baylee is in my daughter's class; Baylee is every bit as spoiled and obnoxious as her mother.

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My husband went to school with a boy named Alexis, though they didn't find that out till graduation. He was just called Alex; his family is Greek.

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I really hate the nn Lexi. It sounds so cheap and ditzy. The Alexis I went to school with still goes by Lexi.