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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)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Alex Paisley (A.P.), ..
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 #1332 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Elena (#66 VIA LATEST LIST), Alexa (#90), Alexandra (#125), Alexis (#179), Lexi (#342), Allie (#350), Alexia (#517), Ally (#1274), Alessa (#1418), Lexa (#1805), Ali (#1841), Alli, Alyx, Alexys, Alla, Alix, Alexus, Alexius, Alexina, Alexie, Alexi and Lexy are the popular alternative forms of Alex (#1332) appearing in the Top 2000. Usage of these forms of Alex was at its highest 2 decades ago (USAGE OF 2.2%) and has become significantly diminished since (USAGE 0.83%, ▼62%), with versions like Alexia going out of style. Elena and Lexi are two 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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