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Meaning & History
From the Greek name Ἄλεξις (Alexis) meaning "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "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 Ἀλέξιος or Alexius, borne by five Byzantine emperors.In the English-speaking world this name is more commonly given to girls. This is due to the American actress Alexis Smith (1921-1993), who began appearing in movies in the early 1940s. It got a boost in popularity in the 1980s from a character on the soap opera Dynasty.
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Other Languages & CulturesAliaksei(Belarusian) Aleksi(Bulgarian) Aleix, Alèxia(Catalan) Aljoša(Croatian) Alexej, Aleš(Czech) Aleksi, Ale(Finnish) Aleixo(Galician) Aleksi(Georgian) Elek(Hungarian) Alessia, Alessio(Italian) Aleksejs(Latvian) Aleksy(Polish) Aleixo(Portuguese) Aleksei, Aleksey, Alexei, Alexey, Aleks, Alex, Alyosha, Lyosha(Russian) Aljoša(Serbian) Alexej, Aleš(Slovak) Aleksej, Aleks, Aleš, Aljoša(Slovene) Oleksiy, Olexiy, Oles(Ukrainian)
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1990s, American sprinters, Ascendance of a Bookworm characters, Bear in the Big Blue House characters, Black Butler characters, boxers, defence, Desperate Housewives characters, Dream SMP members, Dynasty characters, Elite characters, emperors, ends in -is, escapologists, Eurovision 2022, footballers, help, isograms, male to female, Marcel Proust characters, martyrs, mixed martial artists, Ni no Kuni characters, Orthodox saints, Oscar Wilde characters, poets, RuPauls Drag Race contestants, saints, skiffle, Stephen King characters, The Crown's Game characters, the Cupcake Club characters, the Cupcake Diaries characters, The Man Who Came to Dinner characters, top 10 in Quebec, top 10 in the US, Two and a Half Men characters, YouTubers
Sources & References
- Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ἄλεξις&facet-nymRef=῎Αλεξις.