Origin and meaning of Alex

The meaning of Alex
Origin: English

Meaning: Abbreviation of Alexander defender of mankind.


Origin: Greek

Meaning: Diminutive of Alexandra: A feminine form of Alexander meaning defender of men, used in Britain since early 13th century. British King Edward VII's wife Princess Alexandra of Denmark.


Origin: Greek

Meaning: Diminutive of Alexander: Defender of men; protector of mankind.
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Meaning and origin of Alex

The boy's and girl's name Alex \a-lex\ is pronounced AL-ex. Short form of Alexander. Often used independently as Alexander has become more and more popular. One of the few names used with equal frequency for both genders. Russian form Alek is currently very popular in that country; Aleko is Greek. Baseball players Alex Ochoa and Alex Rodriguez.

Alex has 11 variant forms: Alec, Aleco, Aleck, Alecko, Alek, Aleko, Aleks, Alick, Alik, Allex and Elex.


Baby names that sound like Alex are Alix, Alexi and Alexy.

Alex is a very popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
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Origin and meaning of Alex

Alex
English
Female
Protector of Mankind
Meaning&Origin
Alex is a English girl name.
The meaning of the name is `Protector of Mankind`.
Where is it used?
The name Alethea is mainly used in English.
See also:
In Ukrainian: Oleksander
In Turkish: Iskender
In Spanish: Alejandra
In Spanish: Alejandro
In Scottish: Alistair
In Scottish: Alasdair
In Russian, Polish, Serbian and in Bulgarian: Aleksandra (F)
In Russian: Sasha
In Russian: Aleksandr
In Romanian: Sanda
In Romanian: Alexandru
In Polish, Croatian and in Serbian: Aleksander
Statistics
The name Alex was given to 6878 babies in the USA in 2004. Alex was the number 98 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 234 babies making it the number 990 name that year.
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