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Alexis

Alexis: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“defender”
Origin
Greek
Say it
uh-LEK-sis · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls (84% of all uses)

From Greek Alexis, related to alexein, 'to defend' or 'help'. Used for both sexes in different languages, though historically masculine in Greek.

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How popular is Alexis?

2024372 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Alexis in 20241,240

2024 rank#484 boys

Peak year1998

Total US babies since 1880411,469

Alexis is fading: recent use is about 22% of its level ten years before.

Names like Alexis

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Alessidefending men · Italian
  • Alexusmodern variant of Alexis · American (modern coinage)
  • Sophiawisdom · Greek
  • Sofiawisdom · Greek
  • Chloeyoung green shoot · Greek
  • Zoelife · Greek
  • Penelopeweaver; duck · Greek
  • Elenabright, shining light · Greek

Alexis questions

What does the name Alexis mean?

Alexis means "defender". It comes from Greek. From Greek Alexis, related to alexein, 'to defend' or 'help'. Used for both sexes in different languages, though historically masculine in Greek.

Is Alexis a boy or girl name?

Alexis is mainly a girl's name in US records (84% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Alexis?

1,240 US babies were named Alexis in 2024. Its peak year was 1998.

How do you pronounce Alexis?

Alexis is usually pronounced uh-LEK-sis.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.