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This is my sons name :) I pronounce his name ah-lek-see or can be pronounced ah-lek-say. I love this name but get irritated with people in the South (USA) saying it wrong or asking if its a girls name. Its Russian...get over it :p

Nicknames for Aleksei: | Edit

Aleks, Alex, Alek, Sasha, Sashen'ka

Meanings and history of the name Aleksei: | Edit

Russian form of "Alexander" meaning "Defender of Men".

Famous real-life people named Aleksei: | Edit

Aleksei Romanov, last Tsarevich of Russia (1904 to 1918)
Aleksey Tolstoy, Poet/Writer

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