Lex - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Lex \lex\ is a variant of Alexander (Greek) and Lexer (German), and the meaning of Lex is "man's defender, warrior".

The baby name Lex sounds like Lexo, Lugus, Lucas and Lukas. Other similar baby names are Dex, Les, Rex and Tex.

Lex is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#24481 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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