Alex Name Meaning & Origin

Alex

Pronunciation: A-liks (key)

Origin of the name Alexander:

A compound Greek name composed of the elements alexein (to defend, to help) and andros (man): hence, “defender or helper of mankind.” The name was borne by Alexander the Great (356—323 B.C.), a Macedonian king and military conqueror who helped spread the Greek culture across Asia Minor to Egypt and India. Var: Aleksandr, Aleksandur, Alexander, Alexandras. Short: Alek, Alekos, Alex, Alexei, Alexios, Alexis, Sander, Sandros

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If you had triplets, you could name them Alex, Axel & Lexa.

ALEX, AXEL and LEXA are anagrams of each other; they contain the same letters.

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Xander
Al
Ali
Alec
Alek (Slavic)
Aleksandr (Slavic)

Meanings and history of the name Alex

English short form of Alexander, meaning "defender of mankind"

Famous real-life people named Alex

Founding father Alexander Hamilton
NPR host Alex Chadwick
Alex Wolff, actor
Alex Trebek, host of "Jeopardy!"
Baseball player Alex Rodriguez, aka A-Rod
Alex Gaskarth of the pop punk band All Time Low
Alexander Avila, American MLB catcher for the Detroit Tigers.
Alex Suarez, bass player and additional keyboardist and vocalist for Cobra Starship
Alexander the Great
Alexander Mitchell, Child Genius
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English midfielder for Arsenal FC.
Alex Ovechkin, professional ice hockey player (Washington Capitals)
Alex Galchenyuk, professional ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens)
Alex Pietrangelo, professional ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues)
Alexander Steen, professional ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues)
Alex Bregman, professional baseball player (Houston Astros)

Alex in song, story & screen

Alex & Emma, movie romantic comedy

Alex Rider, a teenage spy from the "Alex Rider" series by Anthony Horowitz

Alex Shepherd, main character from survival-horror video game "Silent Hill: Homecoming"

Alex Walter is a main character in the book "My Life With The Walter Boys" by Ali Novak

Alex S. Smuckers, the "worst hood in town", in the internet comic blog The Greasers of Hazzick Flats. http://www.thegreasersofhazzickflats.blogspot.com

Alex - teenage skateboarder in 2007 movie 'Paranoid Park'

Alex Fletcher, five year old child genius, and technical scientist for the MLA in the movie "Where is Like Lemons"

Alex Hayden, the adopted name of Nijo/Agent X in the Deadpool comics

Alex Standall, character in Netflix's "13 Reasons Why"

Alex Whitman, character from 1997 film Fools Rush In, portrayed by Matthew Perry

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