Name Alexideios Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek Scripts Ἀλεξιδήϊος, Ἀλεξιδήιος(Ancient Greek) Edit Status Status Meaning & History Derived from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, to help" and δήϊος (deios) meaning "hostile, destructive" as well as "unhappy, wretched", which is related to δηϊόω (deioo) meaning "to slay, to cut down" (see Deianeira).