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 [ 3 syll. a-le-xis, al-ex-is ] The boy name Alexis is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being more common. Its pronunciation is ahLEHKSIHS KEY. Alexis is used predominantly in the English and German languages, and its origin is Old Greek. The name is of the meaning defender. Derived from the element 'alexein' meaning to ward off, to defend. Alexios (Old Greek) and Alexius (Latin) are old forms of Alexis. The name was borne by numerous saints; among them, the 5th-century Saint Alexius of Rome was the most famous. According to legend, he fled his arranged marriage to go on pilgrimage, and he was later venerated as a 'Man of God'. See Alexis for more info. The name Alexia (English, German, and Spanish) is the female version of Alexis. Alexis has 16 variants that are used in both English and other languages. A variant of Alexis used in English is Alexus. Foreign variants of Alexis include Aleix (Catalan), Aleixo (Galician and Portuguese), Alejo (Spanish), Aleksei (Russian), Aleksey (Russian), Aleksi (Finnish), Aleksy (Polish), Alessio (Italian), Alexei (Russian), Alexej (Czech and Russian), Alexius (German), Aljoscha (Russian), Aljosha (Russian), Elek (Hungarian and Polish), and Oleksiy (Ukrainian). In addition, Alexis is a variant (English) of the name Alexander (Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic). Alexis is popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1950s; before that, it was of very light use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 2004, 0.198% of baby boys were given the name Alexis. Its ranking then was #103. In 2008, its usage was 0.108% and its ranking #169. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Alexis, Alexander (Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic) was the most popular. In 2008, its use outnumbered Alexis' by 8 times. There were times from 1964 to 1964 that the name Alexis was given more often to boys, but it is more popular as a girl name today. In 2007, 4 times as many girls than boys were given the name Alexis. Baby names that sound like Alexis include Aiolos (Greek), Alechjo (Esperanto), Alekko (Slavic), Aleko (Slavic), Alekos (Greek), Aleksei (Russian), Aleksey (Russian), Aleksi (Finnish), Aleksy (Polish), Alesi (Spanish), Alesis (Spanish), Alexei (Russian), Alexej (Czech and Russian), Alexio (Portuguese), Aljoscha (Russian), Aljosha (Russian), Aloiki (Hawaiian), Aloisius (German), Alojzij (Slavic), and Elias (English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Czech, Dutch, Spanish, and Yiddish). KEY: Pronunciation for Alexis: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
