Aleksije ( sr-cyr, Алексије) is a
Serbian masculine given name, a variant of Greek ''
Alexis'' and ''Alexios'' (Latinized form ''
Alexius
Alexius is the Latinized form of the given name Alexios (, polytonic , "defender", cf. Alexander), especially common in the Byzantine Empire. The female form is Alexia () and its variants such as Alessia (the masculine form of which is Alessio) ...
''). The name ''
Aljoša Aljoša ( sr-Cyrl, Аљоша) is a Serbo-Croatian given name, a diminutive
A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, o ...
'' is a diminutive of the name. It may refer to:
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Aleksije Vezilić
Aleksije Vezilić (; 17 March 1753, in Stari Ker, now Zmajevo – 12 January 1792, in Novi Sad) was a Serbian lyric poet who introduced the German version of the Enlightenment to the Serbs.
Biography
Vezilić was born in a Serbian village called ...
, Serbian poet
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Aleksije Radičević "Branko", Serbian poet
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See also
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Alexey
Alexey ( ; ), is a Russian and Bulgarian male given name derived from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Alexius.
Similar Ukrainian and Belarusian names are romanized as Oleksii (Олек ...
, Russian variant
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Aleksejs
Aleksejs is a Latvian-language masculine given name.
People named Aleksejs include:
*Aleksejs Anufrijevs, Latvian basketball player
* Aleksejs Auziņš, Latvian footballer
* Aleksejs Jurjevs, Latvian cyclist
* Aleksejs Rumjancevs, Latvian canoer ...
, Latvian variant
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Aleksej, Serbian variant
Serbian masculine given names
Masculine given names