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Aljosha - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Aljosha

[ syll. a-ljos-ha, al-jo-sha ] The boy name Aljosha is pronounced ahLYAA-SHah KEY. Aljosha has its origins in the Old Greek language and it is used largely in Russian. Aljosha is a variant of Alexis (English and German). Aljosha is also a pet form of Alexej (Czech and Russian) in the Russian language.

Aljosha is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly related to Aljosha, Alexis (English and German) was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Aljosha 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), Alexis (English and German), Aljoscha (Russian), Aloiki (Hawaiian), Aloisius (German), Alojzij (Slavic), and Elias (English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Czech, Dutch, Spanish, and Yiddish).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Aljosha: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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