Alex - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Alex \a-lex\ 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 popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Alex. Click here to compare Alex with related baby names.