View Message

Alex is beautiful masculine nickname :-))
Woman´s version is also Alexa, Alexia, Sandra

---

Do you like Alexej?

Alex sounds both masculine and feminine though I do prefer Alexis or Alexia for a girl.

I will own up to a total bias right up front. I've had a lifelong love affair with the name Alexander, and gave it to my firstborn son, whom we call Alex most of the time. I think of it as ultra masculine and have no regard for any feminine derivatives, though I am (oddly, I admit) able to stomach Alexandria as a place name.

I like Alexandra and would use Alexa as the nickname. I much prefer Alex as a boys' nickname. I also only like Alexis for boys since it is technically a boys' name anyway, and I also think it sounds much too masculine for a girl.

Alex sounds masculine.

I find Alex and most Alex- names boring regardless of gender. :-/

Alex sounds like a boy's name, Alexa and Alexis sound feminine to me, but they are amongst my least favorite names.

Alex as a nn is fine for either sex. Alex as a full name, boys only imo.

Alex can work either way but I definitely consider it masculine, along with ALexis.

---

Alexa is feminine.

Alex sounds unisex to me, I prefer Alexander with no nn and I dislike Alexandra.

---

Alexis is masculine to me

I prefer Alex for a boy but it is unisex to me, Alexis is male to me too.
I prefer Alex as a nn for both Male and females I personally dont like it as a full name.

Alex is very masculine to me--I hate it on a girl (though it's much, much better as a nickname). Alexis also sounds masculine, and is, in fact, a masculine name. Alexa is feminine but awfully trendy. It's better as a nickname for Alexandra.

I'm friends with both a male and female Alex (though the male Alex is short for Alexandrew, not Alexander). Most nicknames to me are unisex. A girl could be called Jack (nn for Jacqueline) or Frankie (nn for Francesca)and a boy could be called Shelly (nn for Sheldon), so why not Alex?

This message was edited 7/12/2007, 10:46 AM

To me, Alex is a unisex name.