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What does Alec mean?
Alec 
▼ as a boys' name is of English, Scottish and Greek origin, and the meaning of Alec is "man's defender, warrior". Short form of Alexander. Also form of Alex.
STARTS WITH Ale-
Variations
VARIANT Alick
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA ALEXANDER Al▼, Aleco, Alejo, Alek, Aleko, Alex▼, Alexan, Alexei, Alexi, Alexio, Alexis▼, Alic, Alicio, Alik, Alix, Allie▼, Lex
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Alec Jericho (A.J.), ..
How popular is Alec?
Alec is a somewhat popular first name for males (#930 out of 1220, Top 76%) and also a somewhat popular surname for all people (#150436 out of 150436, Top 100%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Alec reached its peak position of #109 in the U.S. in 1994, and is presently at #539. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent related forms of Alec (#539 FROM CURRENT RECORDS) appearing in the Top 2000 are Al, Alek (#1533), Alex (#153), Alexander (#11), Alexi, Alexis (#445), Alix, Allie and Lex (#1847). Adoption of these relations of Alec was more pronounced 23 years ago (USAGE OF 1.7%) and is somewhat lower today (USAGE 0.88%, ▼48.2%).
Similar Names
Alec▼ is alike in pronunciation to Aalok, Aleck, Ulick and Wilek. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Abel▲, Abey, Able, Ace▲, Acee, Acel, Acer, Adel, Adem, Aden, Adler▲, Adley, Aed, Alan▼, Alba, Alben, Alby, Alden▲, Aldo, Alecko, Aled, Aleks, Alem, Alen, Aleric, Alexy, Alf, Alfeo, Alfey, Alfo, Alfy, Alga, Alger, Algey, Algy, Ali▲, Alia, Alin, Allen▼, Allex, Alley, Aloj, Alon, Alric, Alta, Alten, Alter, Alto, Aluf, Alva▼, Alven, Alvy, Alyn, Amed, Amel, Amer, Arel, Aren, Ares▲, Aric▼, Arlea, Arlen▼, Arles, Arley, Ase, Asen, Atef, Atlee, Atley, Ave and Axe. These names tend to be less frequently used than Alec.
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