Alex - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Alex \a-

, also used as girl's name Alex, is pronounced AL-ex. Short form of Alexander. Often used independently as Alexander has become more and more popular. One of the few names used with equal frequency for both genders. Russian form Alek is currently very popular in that country; Aleko is Greek. Baseball players Alex Ochoa and Alex Rodriguez.

Alex has 11 variant forms: Alec, Aleco, Aleck, Alecko, Alek, Aleko, Aleks, Alick, Alik, Allex and Elex.

Baby names that sound like Alex are Alix, Alexi and Alexy.

Alex is a very common first name for men (#156 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#7442 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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