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 [ 2 syll. a-lex, al-ex ] The girl name Alex is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced AELahKS KEY. Alex has its origins in the Old Greek language and it is used largely in English. Alex is a short form of the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Alexandra. See also the related form, the English, German, Hungarian, and Spanish Alexa. Alex is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1995, 0.023% of baby girls were named Alex. It had a ranking of #540 then. The baby name has suffered a substantial drop in frequency since then, and is currently of only irregular use. In 2008, out of the family of girl names directly related to Alex, the English, German, Hungarian, and Spanish Alexa was the most popular. Alex has mainly been a boy name in the last century. There were 27 times more boys than girls who were named Alex in 2004. Baby names that sound like Alex include the name Alake, the Russian Aleks, the English Alexus, the English Alexys, the Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese Alice, the Greek and English Alike, the English and Welsh Alis, the English and Latvian Alise, the Hungarian Alisz, the English and French Alix, the Greek and Hungarian Aliz, the English Alize, the Irish Alís, the Polish Alka, the name Alkas, the English Allyce, the English Allys, the Spanish Aloise, the French Aloyse, and the French Alsace. KEY: Pronunciation for Alex: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
