What does Alex mean?

Alex ▼ as a boys' name (also used less regularly as girls' name Alex) is pronounced AL-ex. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Alex is "man's defender, warrior". 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. Baseball players Alex Ochoa and Alex Rodriguez.

STARTS WITH Alex-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, defender, warrior, popular (famous)

Variations

VARIANTS Alec▼, Aleco, Aleck, Alecko, Alek, Aleko, Aleks, Alick, Alik, Allex, Elex

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA ALEXANDER Al▼, Alejo, Alexan, Alexei, Alexi, Alexio, Alexis▼, Alic, Alix, Allie▼, Lex, Lexo

FEMININE FORMS Alika, Alix

How popular is Alex?

Alex is a very prominent first name for males (#156 out of 1220, Top 13%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#7142 out of 150436, Top 5%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Abe▼, Abel▲, Abey, Able, Ace▲, Acee, Acel, Acer, Acey, Ade, Adel, Adem, Aden, Adler▲, Adley, Aed, Ajax, Alan▼, Alba, Alben, Alby, Alden▲, Aldo, Aled, Alem, Alen, Alexey, Alexus, Alexy, Alf, Alfa, Alfeo, Alfey, Alfo, Alga, Alger, Algey, Algy, Alia, Allen▼, Alley, Aloj, Alta, Alten, Alter, Alto, Aluf, Alun, Alven, Alvy, Aly, Alyn, Amed, Amel, Amer, Arek, Aren, Ares▲, Arlea, Arlen▼, Arles, Arley, Ase, Asen, Atef, Atlea, Atlee, Atley, Ave, Avel, Ax, Axel▲, Dex, Rex▼ and Tex. These names tend to be less frequently used than Alex.