Alexis Forename
Approximately 783,237 people bear this name
Alexis Forename Definition:
A male name. Greek ’Αλέξιος, ‘helper’, ‘defender’, the name of a 5th-C Roman saint. It has always been used more in the Eastern tha, the Western Church, and is particularly common in Russia. The 20th-C fashion for Russian names has led to its being sometimes used in this country.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 92,772 | 1:796 | 160 |
| United States | 80% | 85,491 | 1:4,241 | 648 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 77,011 | 1:392 | 39 |
| Burundi | 100% | 73,137 | 1:135 | 9 |
| Rwanda | - | 53,177 | 1:214 | 26 |
| Cuba | - | 43,329 | 1:266 | 62 |
| Chile | 99% | 33,313 | 1:529 | 123 |
| France | 100% | 30,471 | 1:2,181 | 285 |
| Central African Republic | - | 23,346 | 1:193 | 51 |
| Philippines | 88% | 22,334 | 1:4,747 | 805 |
| Mexico | 79% | 18,573 | 1:6,684 | 689 |
| Colombia | 92% | 17,288 | 1:2,764 | 362 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 12,817 | 1:1,686 | 338 |
| Panama | 100% | 12,612 | 1:310 | 26 |
| Benin | 100% | 11,509 | 1:919 | 198 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 11,334 | 1:313 | 66 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 11,070 | 1:942 | 148 |
| Guinea | 100% | 10,780 | 1:1,100 | 145 |
| Spain | 99% | 10,375 | 1:4,485 | 452 |
| Honduras | 100% | 8,529 | 1:1,034 | 182 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8,453 | 1:564 | 109 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 7,860 | 1:3,006 | 685 |
| Ecuador | - | 7,072 | 1:2,507 | 383 |
| Canada | 51% | 6,639 | 1:4,991 | 773 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 6,378 | 1:3,618 | 399 |
| Argentina | 100% | 6,004 | 1:7,124 | 566 |
| England | 84% | 5,561 | 1:9,999 | 788 |
| Peru | 95% | 5,204 | 1:6,109 | 855 |
| Congo | 100% | 3,744 | 1:1,338 | 219 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3,536 | 1:5,198 | 668 |
| Chad | 100% | 3,460 | 1:3,930 | 591 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,352 | 1:29,105 | 3,514 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,288 | 1:3,495 | 624 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 3,118 | 1:1,930 | 368 |
| Togo | - | 3,049 | 1:2,374 | 387 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,919 | 1:73,394 | 4,561 |
| Ghana | 80% | 2,641 | 1:10,218 | 989 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 2,540 | 1:1,349 | 218 |
| Haiti | 95% | 2,421 | 1:4,431 | 645 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,273 | 1:13,556 | 1,903 |
| Paraguay | 92% | 1,991 | 1:3,635 | 616 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,820 | 1:6,008 | 441 |
| Sudan | - | 1,785 | 1:21,180 | 2,091 |
| South Africa | 56% | 1,606 | 1:33,956 | 3,965 |
| Guatemala | 84% | 1,584 | 1:10,169 | 885 |
| Australia | - | 1,572 | 1:8,688 | 878 |
| Gabon | - | 1,563 | 1:1,205 | 279 |
| El Salvador | - | 1,502 | 1:4,222 | 475 |
| Thailand | 72% | 1,494 | 1:46,898 | 5,152 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,183 | 1:8,961 | 984 |
| Angola | - | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,074 | 1:7,648 | 889 |
| Scotland | 98% | 1,067 | 1:5,014 | 488 |
| Mali | 100% | 773 | 1:21,963 | 1,514 |
| Germany | 76% | 768 | 1:125,883 | 2,411 |
| Poland | 84% | 707 | 1:53,787 | 1,425 |
| Senegal | 99% | 672 | 1:21,698 | 1,245 |
| Morocco | - | 628 | 1:54,695 | 2,204 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 602 | 1:1,447 | 223 |
| New Zealand | - | 532 | 1:8,526 | 966 |
| Nigeria | 74% | 511 | 1:347,484 | 12,323 |
| Portugal | - | 480 | 1:21,689 | 1,011 |
| Uganda | 96% | 446 | 1:91,832 | 4,333 |
| Guyana | 92% | 436 | 1:1,751 | 331 |
| Russia | 60% | 433 | 1:333,103 | 4,198 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Sweden | 84% | 423 | 1:23,305 | 1,548 |
| French Polynesia | - | 362 | 1:768 | 170 |
| Netherlands | 85% | 317 | 1:53,319 | 3,562 |
| Kenya | - | 313 | 1:147,946 | 6,704 |
| Egypt | 50% | 282 | 1:325,890 | 10,093 |
| Wales | 91% | 261 | 1:11,856 | 877 |
| Romania | 100% | 256 | 1:78,328 | 3,744 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 249 | 1:8,193 | 1,200 |
| India | 80% | 239 | 1:5,083,171 | 193,303 |
| Malaysia | 67% | 237 | 1:128,481 | 8,460 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 230 | 1:1,175 | 264 |
| Singapore | 53% | 186 | 1:33,801 | 5,916 |
| Italy | 66% | 185 | 1:330,065 | 4,004 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 184 | 1:7,399 | 1,180 |
| China | - | 167 | 1:8,179,975 | 59,475 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 157 | 1:51,926 | 5,027 |
| Japan | - | 153 | 1:836,510 | 13,976 |
| Zambia | - | 153 | 1:103,626 | 4,828 |
| Qatar | 72% | 151 | 1:15,693 | 2,437 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 148 | 1:1,742,998 | 92,954 |
| Mauritius | - | 139 | 1:9,337 | 1,229 |
| Ireland | 94% | 134 | 1:34,653 | 1,332 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 128 | 1:55,875 | 5,022 |
| Algeria | - | 122 | 1:312,924 | 3,842 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 108 | 1:1,646 | 298 |
| Hong Kong | - | 104 | 1:74,545 | 2,673 |
| Malta | - | 97 | 1:4,426 | 628 |
| Luxembourg | 84% | 93 | 1:6,065 | 602 |
| Belize | 100% | 92 | 1:3,851 | 835 |
| Israel | 70% | 90 | 1:93,366 | 4,190 |
| Czechia | 64% | 80 | 1:133,202 | 1,308 |
| Uzbekistan | 67% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Jamaica | - | 74 | 1:38,963 | 2,437 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Norway | 100% | 66 | 1:77,763 | 2,775 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 64 | 1:1,553 | 329 |
| Namibia | - | 64 | 1:37,565 | 2,636 |
| Bahamas | - | 61 | 1:6,547 | 958 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 58 | 1:946 | 196 |
| Denmark | - | 53 | 1:106,594 | 3,018 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 53 | 1:2,071 | 420 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Austria | 100% | 46 | 1:185,091 | 2,885 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 44 | 1:540,220 | 29,164 |
| Estonia | 67% | 43 | 1:30,590 | 2,187 |
| Barbados | - | 41 | 1:7,068 | 897 |
| Belarus | 53% | 41 | 1:231,278 | 1,906 |
| South Korea | 80% | 39 | 1:142,165 | 6,254 |
| Northern Ireland | 79% | 37 | 1:49,815 | 1,217 |
| Monaco | 88% | 37 | 1:1,040 | 217 |
| Andorra | - | 36 | 1:2,302 | 274 |
| Liberia | 67% | 34 | 1:129,766 | 5,183 |
| Finland | 88% | 32 | 1:171,349 | 3,139 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 31 | 1:2,987,842 | 3,334 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 30 | 1:17,638 | 1,406 |
| Kazakhstan | 54% | 30 | 1:591,562 | 8,075 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 96% | 29 | 1:3,848 | 708 |
| Iceland | 100% | 26 | 1:14,078 | 1,129 |
| Zimbabwe | 63% | 25 | 1:616,953 | 25,845 |
| Lebanon | 56% | 23 | 1:244,677 | 4,676 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 22 | 1:1,578 | 368 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Grenada | 91% | 21 | 1:5,149 | 844 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 21 | 1:2,513,729 | 22,624 |
| Bermuda | - | 19 | 1:3,412 | 618 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Hungary | 57% | 18 | 1:543,987 | 1,953 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 17 | 1:3,216 | 586 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Mozambique | - | 16 | 1:1,702,710 | 1,919 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 11 | 1:1,205 | 212 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 11 | 1:5,573 | 911 |
| Jersey | - | 11 | 1:9,089 | 812 |
| Curaçao | - | 10 | 1:15,580 | 668 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 9 | 1:3,472 | 705 |
| Croatia | 100% | 9 | 1:468,564 | 5,419 |
| Malawi | - | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Turkey | 100% | 9 | 1:8,644,634 | 30,028 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Afghanistan | - | 8 | 1:4,077,940 | 25,891 |
| Niger | 100% | 8 | 1:2,397,999 | 27,433 |
| Tunisia | - | 8 | 1:84,613 | 5,494 |
| Azerbaijan | 80% | 7 | 1:1,377,563 | 17,419 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 7 | 1:27,428 | 2,105 |
| Armenia | 83% | 6 | 1:486,459 | 5,701 |
| Moldova | - | 6 | 1:593,523 | 3,425 |
| Ukraine | - | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Turkmenistan | 50% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Albania | 50% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Transnistria | - | 2 | 1:237,819 | 1,799 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | 67% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
The alternate forms: Aléxis (69), Àlexis (2), Alexís (2), Alèxis (1), Alêxis (1) & Álexis (1) are calculated separately.
Alexis (144,617) may also be a surname.
Alexis Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Greek ’Αλέξιος, ‘helper’, ‘defender’, the name of a 5th-C Roman saint. It has always been used more in the Eastern tha, the Western Church, and is particularly common in Russia. The 20th-C fashion for Russian names has led to its being sometimes used in this country.
An English contraction of Alexander. Now somewhat rare.
The classical name. From αλεξω, to assist, succour, defend another.
Greek (masculine) - Helper.
A Greek name, meaning: Helper.
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Gender Masculine & FeminineUsage French, English, Greek, Spanish, Ancient GreekScripts Αλέξης(Greek) Ἄλεξις(Ancient Greek)Pron. A-LEHK-SEE(French) ə-LEHK-sis(English) [key·IPA]Meaning & HistoryFrom the Greek name Ἄλεξις (Alexis) meaning 'helper' or 'defender', derived from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning 'to defend, to help'. This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek comic poet, and also of several saints. It is used somewhat interchangeably with the related name Ἀλέξιος or Alexius, borne by five Byzantine emperors. In the English-speaking world it is more commonly used as a feminine name.Related NamesFamily Tree·DetailsVariantsAlexia, Alexus(English) Alejo(Spanish)DiminutivesAlexina, Lexi, Lexia, Lexie, Lexine, Lexus, Lexy(English)Feminine FormAlexia(French)Other Languages & CulturesAliaksei(Belarusian)Aleksi(Bulgarian) Aleix, Alèxia(Catalan) Aljoša(Croatian)Alexej, Aleš(Czech) Aleksi, Ale(Finnish) Aleixo(Galician)Aleksi(Georgian) Elek(Hungarian) Alessia, Alessio(Italian) Aleksejs(Latvian) Aleksy(Polish)Aleixo(Portuguese) Aleksei, Aleksey, Alexei, Alexey, Aleks, Alex, Alyosha, Lyosha(Russian) Aljoša(Serbian) Alexej, Aleš(Slovak) Aleksej, Aleks, Aleš, Aljoša(Slovene) Oleksiy, Olexiy, Oles(Ukrainian)
- hansolo15Alexis is the Greek equivalent for Alex. ⚠️ Alexandros is Greek equivalent only for Alexander.
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