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♀ Alex (girl)
What does Alex mean?
Alex 
as a girls' name (also used more widely as boys' name Alex) is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Alex is "man's defender". Short form of Alexandra and Alexis; also commonly used as an independent given name.
STARTS WITH Alex-
Variations
VARIANT Alix
SEE ALSO Alika
RELATED FORMS VIA ALEXANDRA, ALEXIS Aleka, Aleki, Alessa, Alessi, Alexa▲, Alexea, Alexena, Alexene, Alexi, Alexia▼, Alexie, Alexina, Alexine, Alexis▼, Alexius, Alexus▼, Alexys, Ali, Alie, Aliki, Alla, Alle, Allexa, Alli, Allie, Allix, Ally, Alyx, Anda, Elena▲, Lexa, Lexi▲, Lexy
MASCULINE FORM Alek
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Alex?
Alex is a somewhat prominent first name for females (#2660 out of 4276, Top 62%) and an even more prominent last name for all people (#7142 out of 150436, Top 5%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Alex was first listed in 1980-1989 and reached its apex position of #539 in the U.S. in 1995, and is at #1354 currently. (2016 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Alexa (#50 VIA LATEST LIST), Elena (#94), Alexandra (#110), Alexis (#119), Allie (#311), Lexi (#317), Alexia (#374), Ally (#979), Alessa (#1367), Ali (#1495), Alli, Alyx, Alexys, Alla, Alix, Alexus, Alexius, Alexina, Alexie, Alexi and Lexy are the popular alternative forms of Alex (#1354) appearing in the Top 2000. Usage of these forms of Alex was at its highest 2 decades ago (USAGE OF 2.86%) and has become significantly diminished since (USAGE 1.17%, ▼59%), with versions like Alexus going out of style. Elena, Alexa and Lexi are three of the more chic girl names among these.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Ade, Adel, Aden, Adey, Adley▲, Ailee, Ailey, Al, Ala, Alah, Alba, Alby, Alcee, Alda▼, Aldea, Alea, Aleah▲, Aleda, Aleea, Aleen, Alena▲, Alene▼, Aleta, Aley, Alfa, Alfi, Alfy (see Alfreda), Alia▲, Alis, Aliz, Alles, Alley, Alma▼, Aloe, Alta▼, Alva▼, Alvy, Alya, Alys, Ame, Amee, Amel, Amey, Anet, Aren, Arlea, Arlee, Arlen, Arlet, Arley, Ase, Ave and Aven. These names tend to be less frequently used than Alex.
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