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Aleksey - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Aleksey

[ syll. a-lek-sey, al-eks-ey ] The boy name Aleksey is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is AELEHGS-iy KEY. Aleksey is used predominantly in the Russian language and it is derived from Old Greek origins. Aleksey is a variant of the name Alexis (English and German).

Aleksey is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Aleksey, Alexis (English and German) was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Aleksey include Aleksi (Finnish), Aleksy (Polish), Aiolos (Greek), Alechjo (Esperanto), Alekko (Slavic), Aleko (Slavic), Alekos (Greek), Aleksei (Russian), Alesi (Spanish), Alesis (Spanish), Alexei (Russian), Alexej (Czech and Russian), Alexio (Portuguese), Alexis (English and German), Aljoscha (Russian), Aljosha (Russian), Aloiki (Hawaiian), Aloisius (German), Alojzij (Slavic), and Elias (English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Czech, Dutch, Spanish, and Yiddish).

A famous person named Aleksey is Maxim Gorky, Author, born Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, 16 March 1868.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Aleksey: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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