Alexis is a given name of

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

origin. It is derived from several saints venerated by the

Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or " canonical ...

and

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: * Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

churches, including Saint Alexius of Rome. Like the name ''

Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

'', Alexis derives from the Greek verb ἀλέξειν (''aléxein''; 'defender'). The ending "-is" points at its belonging to the masculine gender (according to Greek grammar); however, many women have this name. The Russian equivalent of the name is

Alexey Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin ...

or Alexei. Many European languages, including Greek, use the female variant Alexia. While the name is mostly male, it has been predominantly given to females in the United States since at least the 1940s, when actress

Alexis Smith Margaret Alexis Fitzsimmons-Smith (June 8, 1921 – June 9, 1993) was a Canadian-born American actress and singer. She appeared in several major Hollywood films in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway in the 1970s, winning a Tony Awar ...

began appearing in films. It has been among the top 50 most popular names for girls in the United States since 1990. In the 2008 book ''5-Star Baby Name Advisor'', author Bruce Lansky writes that the girls' name has the image of a "sexy and seductive knockout." The increase in popularity of the name is sometimes attributed to the notable character

Alexis Colby Alexis Carrington Colby (; formerly Dexter and Rowan) is a fictional character on the American TV series '' Dynasty''. She is the ex-wife of Blake Carrington ( John Forsythe) whose schemes cause one problem after another for him and their childr ...

from the American television series ''

Dynasty A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A ...

.'' A 1978 film, '' Ice Castles'', featured as the main character a blind figure skater named Alexis "Lexie" Winston.

Aleksi Aleksi is a masculine Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Aleksi Bardy * Aleksi Benashvili * Aleksi Eeben * Aleksi Elorinne * Aleksi Hihnavaara * Aleksi Holmberg * Aleksi Laakso * Alexi Laiho * Aleksi Lehtonen * Aleksi ...

, a Finnish variant, was the third most popular name for boys born in Finland in 2007.Helsingin Sanomat, October 16, 200
Aino and Eetu top list of most popular children's names
Retrieved February 10, 2008.

Alessia Alessia is an Italian given name, the feminine form of the male given name Alessio, the Italian form of Alexius. It is a popular name for females in Italy and was the second most popular name for Italian girls born in 2006. The name may mean ...

, an Italian feminine variant, was the second most common name for girls born in Italy in 2006.Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2008). ''Cool Names for Babies''. St. Martin's Griffin. , p. 21 ''Alesia'', a feminine variant, and ''Aleksio'', a masculine variant, are currently popular names for boys and girls in Albania.

Masculine variants

* Aleksi, Aleksis (Finnish) * Aleksis (Latvian) * Aleix (

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

) * Aleixo ( Galician), (Portuguese) * Alejo (Spanish) * Алексей (''Alexei'', ''Alexey'', ''Aleksei'', ''Aleksey''), Алексий (''Alexiy''), Алёша (''Alyosha''), Лёша (''Lyosha'') (Russian) * Алекси, ''Aleksi'' ( Bulgarian) * ალექსი, ''Aleksi'' ( Georgian) * Aleks ( Albanian) * Aleksije, Aleksej (

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also * * * Old Serbian (disambiguation ...

), ( Croatian) * Aleksy ( Polish) * Aleš (Czech), ( Slovene) * Alessio (Italian) * Alexis (Spanish), (English), (French) * Αλέξιος (''Alexios''), Αλέξης (''Alexis'') (Greek) *

Alexius Alexius is the Latinized form of the given name Alexios ( el, Αλέξιος, polytonic , "defender", cf. Alexander), especially common in the later Byzantine Empire. The female form is Alexia ( el, Αλεξία) and its variants such as Alessia ...

(

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through ...

) * Elek ( Hungarian) * Lex (English) * Олексій (''Oleksii'', ''Oleksiy''), Олекса (''Oleksa'') (

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

)

Feminine variants

* Aleja (Spanish) * Alesia ( Albanian) * Aleksa (Polish) * Alexa (English) * Alexia (English), ( Galician), (German), (Greek), (Spanish), (French) * Алекса (Aleksa, Alexa) (Russian) * Aléxia (Portuguese) * Alexina (English) * Alexis (English) * Elexis (English) * Lexa (English) * Lexia (English) * Lexi (English) * Lexie (English) * Lexis (English) * Lexus (English) * Lexy (English)

People

* Alexis Agrafiotis (born 1970), German-Greek composer, conductor and pianist * Alexis Akrithakis (1939-1994), Greek artist *

Alexis Alexandris Alexis Alexandris (Greek: Αλέξης Αλεξανδρής, sometimes wrongly called ''Alekos Alexandris'' born 21 October 1968) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Alexis Alexandris began his career ...

(born 1968), Greek footballer *

Alexis Alexiou Alexandros "Alexis" Alexiou ( el, Αλέξανδρος "Αλέξης" Αλεξίου; born 8 September 1963) is a Greek former footballer and manager. He played for Apollon Kalamarias, Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ...

(born 1963), Greek footballer * Alexis Alexopoulos (born 1971), Greek sprinter * Alexis Alexoudis (born 1972), Greek footballer * Alexis Apostolopoulos (born 1991), Greek footballer *

Alexis Argüello Alexis Argüello (April 19, 1952 – July 1, 2009) was a Nicaraguan professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 1995, and later became a politician. He was a three-weight world champion, having held the WBA featherweight title from 1974 to 19 ...

(1952–2009), Nicaraguan boxer and politician *

Alexis Arquette Alexis Arquette (born Robert Arquette; July 28, 1969 – September 11, 2016) was an American actress. Early life Arquette was born in Los Angeles, the fourth of five children of Lewis Arquette, an actor and director, and Brenda Olivia "Mardi ...

(1969–2016), American transgender actress and musician, of the Arquette acting family *

Alexis Simon Belle Alexis Simon Belle (12 January 1674 – 21 November 1734) was a French portrait painter, known for his portraits of the French and Jacobite nobility. As a portrait artist, Belle's style followed that of his master François de Troy, Hyacinthe R ...

(1674–1734), French portrait artist *

Alexis Bledel Kimberly Alexis Bledel ( ; born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and model. She is known for her role as Rory Gilmore on the television series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–2007), and Emily Malek in '' The Handmaid's Tale'' (2017–2021) ...

(born 1981), American actress *

Alexis Christoforous Alexis Christoforous (born October 19, 1970) is a New York-based Correspondent for ABC News. Her reports are featured across the ABC News platform including "ABC News Live", "Good Morning America"," "Nightline", ABC-TV affiliate stations, as well as ...

(born 1970), American WCBS-TV Wall Street reporter *

Alexis Damianos Alexis Damianos ( el, Αλέξης Δαμιανός; 1921–2006) was a Greek, film/theatre and television director. Biography Damianos was born in Athens on January 21, 1921. He studied at the National Theatre of Greece and the philosophy departm ...

(1921-2006), Greek, film/theatre and television director *

Alexis Denisof Alexis Denisof (born February 25, 1966) is an American actor. He is primarily known for playing Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and its spin-off ''Angel''. He also had a recurring role on ''How I Met Your ...

(born 1966), American actor *

Alexis de Tocqueville Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (; 29 July 180516 April 1859), colloquially known as Tocqueville (), was a French aristocrat, diplomat, political scientist, political philosopher and historian. He is best known for his wo ...

(1805–1859), French political thinker and historian *

Alexis Dziena Alexis Gabrielle Dziena (born July 8, 1984) is an American actress. Early life Dziena was born in New York City and is of Irish, Italian and Polish descent. She attended the private Saint Ann's School alongside her ''Bringing Rain'' (2003) c ...

(born 1984), American actress *

Alexis Falekas Alexandros "Alexis" Falekas ( el, Αλέξανδρος "Αλέξης" Φαλέκας; born August 1, 1976) is a Greek retired professional basketball player, and current head coach of the Zhejiang Lions in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). ...

(born 1976), Greek basketball player and coach *

Alexis Galanos Alexis Galanos (Greeκ: Αλέξης Γαλανός, 30 August 1940 – 15 July 2019) was a Greek Cypriot politician. He was President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus from 1991 to 1996. He studied Economics at King's College, Cambridg ...

(1940–2019), Cypriot politician * Alexis Gavrilopoulos (born 1981), Greek footballer *

Alexis Georgoulis Alexis Georgoulis ( el, text=Αλέξης Γεωργούλης; born 1974) is a Greek actor and politician. Personal life Georgoulis was born on 6 October 1974 in Larissa, Greece. His father worked for a lottery and his mother taught kinderga ...

(born 1974), Greek actor and politician *

Alexis Giraud-Teulon Marc Antoine Émile Alexis Giraud-Teulon, better known as Alexis Giraud-Teulon (27 August 1839, Marseille – 30 May 1916, Antibes), was a French academic, lawyer and translator. Biography Son of Félix Giraud-Teulon, ophthalmologist, member of ...

(1839–1916), French academic, lawyer and translator * Alexis Gizaro Muvuni, DR Congo politician *

Alexis Hornbuckle Alexis Kay'ree Hornbuckle (born October 16, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who played several seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association. She is the only player to win an NCAA title and WNBA title in the same year ...

(born 1985), American professional basketball player * Alexis Izard (born 1992), French politician *

Alexis Jordan Alexis Jordan (born April 7, 1992) is an American singer and actress from Columbia, South Carolina. Jordan rose to fame as a contestant on the first season of ''America's Got Talent'' in 2006 at the age of 14. After being eliminated from the sho ...

(born 1992), American singer * Alexis Jordan (swimmer) (born 1988), Barbadian swimmer * Alexis Kaufman (born 1991), birth name of American professional wrestler

Alexa Bliss Alexis Cabrera (née Kaufman; born August 9, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Alexa Bliss. In 2013, Bliss signed a contract with WWE and was a ...

* Alexis Kochan (born 1953), Ukrainian-Canadian musician and composer *

Alexis Korner Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner (19 April 1928 – 1 January 1984), known professionally as Alexis Korner, was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a founding father of British blues". A major in ...

(1928–1984), British blues musician *

Alexis Kyritsis Alexandros "Alexis" Kyritsis (alternate spelling: Kiritsis) ( el, Αλέξανδρος "Αλέξης" Κυρίτσης; born May 18, 1982) is a Greek professional basketball player. He is 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) tall. He is a talented offensive c ...

(born 1982), Greek basketball player *

Alexis Lafrenière Alexis Lafrenière (, born October 11, 2001) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Selected first overall by the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ...

(born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player * Alexis Laree (born 1979), stage name of wrestler and country singer

Mickie James Mickie Laree James (born August 31, 1979) Additional January 6, 2017. is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Country music, country singer. She is currently signed to Impact Wrestling. She has also had tenures in WWE a ...

* Alexis Lewis, American inventor * Alexis Loizidis (born 1985), Greek footballer * Alexis Louder, American actress *

Alexis Lykiard Alexis Lykiard (born 1940) is a British writer of Greek heritage, who began his prolific career as novelist and poet in the 1960s. His poems about jazz have received particular acclaim, including from Maya Angelou, Hugo Williams, Roy Fisher, K ...

(born 1940), British writer of Greek heritage *

Alexis Marshall Alexis Stephen Francis Marshall (born March 22, 1980) is an American singer. He is the lead vocalist of the noise rock band Daughters (band), Daughters and was formerly the frontman of the mathcore/grindcore band As the Sun Sets. Marshall for ...

, musician from Providence, Rhode Island, the vocalist for Daughters *

Alexis Mac Allister Alexis Mac Allister (born 24 December 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Argentina national team. Born to a footballing family, Mac Allister started his sen ...

(born 1998), Argentinian football player *

Alexis Mateo Alexis Mateo Pacheco (born July 24, 1979), best known as Alexis Mateo, is a Puerto Rican drag queen, performer, reality television personality, fashion designer, and the winner of All American Goddess 2016, Miss Gay Days 2016 and National Show ...

(born 1979), Puerto Rican drag queen * Alexis Matias (born 1974), Puerto Rican volleyball player * Alexis Méndez (born 1969), Venezuelan track and road cyclist * Alexis Michelle (born 1984), American drag queen *

Alexis Minotis Alexis Minotis (; born Alexandros Minotakis ( el, Αλέξανδρος Μινωτάκης); 8 August 1900 – 11 November 1990) was a Greek actor and director. He first appeared on stage in his native Crete as Chorus Leader and later as Messeng ...

(1900–1990), Greek theater actor and director * Alexis Murphy, American murder victim * Alexis Navalny (Alexei) (born 1976), Russian opposition leader *

Alexis Ohanian Alexis Kerry Ohanian ( hy, Ալեքսիս Քերի Օհանյան; born April 24, 1983) is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is best known as the co-founder and executive chairman of the social media site Reddit along with Ste ...

(born 1983), American internet entrepreneur and investor * Alexis Panselinos (born 1943), Greek novelist and translator *

Alexis Papahelas Alexis Papahelas or Papachelas ( el, Αλέξης Παπαχελάς; born March 1961), is a Greek investigative journalist and the current Executive Editor of ''Kathimerini'' newspaper. He is the creator and principal presenter of the weekly pri ...

(born 1961), Greek investigative journalist and newspaper editor *

Alexis Pinturault Alexis Pinturault () (born 20 March 1991) is a French World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist. With 34 World Cup victories, Pinturault is the most successful French skier in World Cup history. He represented France at six World Champio ...

, French alpine skier and Olympic medalist * Alexis Ríos (born 1981), Puerto Rican baseball player * Alexis Rojas (born 1972), Colombian road cyclist * Alexis Rojas (footballer) (born 1996), Paraguayan footballer * Alexei Romanov (disambiguation), various members of the Romanov family * Alexis Ruano Delgado (born 1985), Spanish footballer * Alexis Rykov (1891–1938), Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1930 *

Alexis Sánchez Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (; born 19 December 1988), also known mononymously as Alexis, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Marseille and the Chile national team. He is often lauded as the g ...

(born 1988), Chilean footballer *

Alexis Sánchez (athlete) Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (; born 19 December 1988), also known mononymously as Alexis, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Chile national team. He is often regarded as ...

(born 1971), Spanish athlete * Alexis Skye (born 1974), American model *

(1921–1993), Canadian-born American actress *

(born 1949), American artist * Alexis Spyridonidis (born 1995), Greek basketball player *

Alexis Stamatis Alexis Stamatis (born in Athens, 1960) is a Greek novelist, playwright, and poet. Amongst other work, he has published sixteen novels, six books of poetry, and a number of plays. As of , he teaches creative writing at the Hellenic American Acad ...

(born 1960), Greek novelist, playwright and poet * Alexis Stenvall (1834–1872), Finnish author * Alexis Suárez Martín (born 1974), Spanish footballer *

Alexis Texas Alexis may refer to: People Mononym * Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet * Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC * Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer * Alexis (comics) (1946–197 ...

(born 1985), American porn actress *

Alexis Tipton Alexis Tipton is an American voice actress and ADR director affiliated with Funimation. She has provided voices for English-language versions of anime series and video games. Her roles include Sun Seto in '' My Bride Is a Mermaid'', Musubi in ' ...

(born 1989), American voice actress *

Alexis Tsipras Alexis Tsipras ( el, Αλέξης Τσίπρας, ; born 28 July 1974) is a Greek politician serving as Leader of the Official Opposition since 2019. He served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2015 to 2019. Tsipras has led the Coalition of th ...

(born 1974), Greek politician * Alexis Valido (born 1976), Spanish volleyball player

Fictional characters

, played by Joan Collins on the 1980s prime time soap opera ''Dynasty'' * Alexis Kerib, in the anime series ''SSSS.Gridman'' * Alexis Meade, played by Rebecca Romijn on the American television series ''Ugly Betty'' * Alexis Castle, played by Molly Quinn on the American crime drama television series ''Castle'' * Alexis Leonides, a Greek writer who features in Geoffrey Trease's novels ''

The Hills of Varna ''The Hills of Varna'' (published in the USA as ''Shadow of the Hawk'') is a children's historical novel by Geoffrey Trease, published in 1948. It is an adventure story based on the revival of classical scholarship in the Renaissance. Plot Int ...

'' and ''The Crown of Violet'' * Alexis Rhodes, a main character in the anime series ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'', voiced by Priscilla Everett and Emlyn Morinelli McFarland * Alexis Thi Dang, in the ''Transformers'' Unicron Trilogy, voiced by Tabitha St. Germain *

Alexis Zorbas ''Zorba the Greek'' ( el, Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά, , Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas) is a novel written by the Cretan author Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It is the tale of a young Greek in ...

, the protagonist of ''Zorba the Greek'' * Alexis Rose, played by Annie Murphy on the Canadian sitcom ''Schitt's Creek''

Notes

References

* Lansky, Bruce (2008). ''5-Star Baby Name Advisor''. Meadowbrook Press. {{given name Given names of Greek language origin English feminine given names English unisex given names English-language unisex given names Greek masculine given names French masculine given names fr:Alexis