Alejo - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Alejo \a-le-jo\ is a variant of Alejandro (Spanish), Alexander (Greek) and Alexis (Greek), and the meaning of Alejo is "man's defender, warrior; defender, protector".

The baby name Alejo sounds like Aloj, Algy, Algie, Algey and Elija. Other similar baby names are Aleko and Aleco.

Alejo is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#11117 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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