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 [ syll. a-le-xus, al-ex-us ] The girl name Alexus is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced AELKZAHS KEY. Alexus has its origins in the Old Greek language and it is used largely in English. Alexus is a form of the English, German, and Spanish Alexis. A variant of the name is the English short form Lexus. Alexus is somewhat popular as a baby girl name. The name increased in popularity during the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest peak of its usage in 1996, 0.089% of baby girls were named Alexus. It was #178 in rank then. The baby name has slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #721 with a usage of 0.020%. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Alexus, the English, German, and Spanish Alexis was the most commonly used. It was 23 times more popular than Alexus in 2008. Alexus has primarily been a girl name in the last century. Baby names that sound like Alexus include the name Alake, the Russian Aleks, the English Alex, 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: approx pronunciation for Alexus: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
