Aleksei

Alexey (Aleksey; Russian: Алексе́й, [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej]; Bulgarian: Алексей, [aleksej]) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek Alexios (Αλέξιος), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Alexius.
Alexey may also be romanized as "Alexei", "Aleksei", "Aleksey", "Alexej", "Aleksej", etc. It has been commonly westernized as Alexis.
Names of many persons of Ukrainian and Belarusian origin previously known as Alexey are now often romanized as Oleksiy (Олексiй) and Alaksiej (Аляксей), respectively.
The Russian Orthodox Church uses the Old Church Slavonic version, Alexiy (Алексiй, or Алексий in modern spelling), for its Saints and hierarchs (most notably, this is the form used for Patriarchs Alexius I and Alexius II).
The common hypocoristic is Alyosha (Алёша) or simply Lyosha (Лёша). These may be further transformed into Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Lyoshka, Lyoha, Lyoshenka (Алёша, Алёшка, Алёшенька, Лёша, Лёшка, Лёха, Лёшенька), sometimes rendered as Alesha/Aleshenka in English. The form Alyosha may be used as a full first name in Bulgaria (Альоша) and Armenia.
In theory, Alexia is the female form. It is however virtually non-existent in Russian-speaking countries. A popular Ukrainian and Belarusian female name Olesia/Olesya/Alesia/Alesya is one possible form.
The patronymics based on Alexey are Alexeyevich and Alexeev (male) and Alexeyevna and Alexeeva (female).
The following surnames derive from Alexey and its various forms:
Alexeyev/Alekseyev/Alekseyev
Alexeyevsky
Alyoshin
Alyokhin (Alekhine, Alekhin)
Lyoshin
Alexeytsev/Alekseytsev /Alekseitsev
Alexeychuk/Alekseychuk/Alekseichuk
Alexeychik/Alekseychik/Alekseichik
Alexeyuk/Alekseyuk
Alexeyenko/Alekseyenko/Alekseenko
Alexeychenko/Alekseychenko/Alekseichenko
Alexievich
Alexeyevka is a common Russian village name.

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Variant transcription of Aleksey: defender of mankind, protector of mankind.

Alexey, Aleksis, Aleksej, Aleksey

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Aleksey Brusilov	1853	Russian and Soviet military commander
2	Aleksei Berezutski	1982	Russian footballer
3	Aleksei Yuryevich German	1938	Soviet film director
4	Aleksei Balabanov	1959	Film director
5	Aleksei Kapler	1904	Soviet film director
6	Aleksei Miranchuk	1995	Russian footballer
7	Aleksei Kravchenko	1969	Russian actor
8	Aleksei Serebryakov	1964	Russian actor
9	Aleksei Ionov	1989	Russian footballer
10	Aleksei Gasilin	1996	Footballer
11	Aleksei Antonov	1896	Soviet general
12	Aleksei Chirikov	1703	Russian explorer
13	Aleksei Dressen	1968	Russian spy in Estonia
14	Aleksey Yeryomenko	1964	Russian footballer
15	Aleksei N. Leontiev	1903	Russian psychologist
16	Aleksei Dikiy	1889	Russian and Soviet actor and theatre director
17	Aleksei Anatolyevich Kozlov	1986	Russian footballer
18	Aleksei Chalyi	1961	Russian activist
19	Aleksei Tishchenko	1984	Boxer
20	Aleksei Gubarev	1931	Soviet cosmonaut
21	Aleksei Kruchenykh	1886	Russian writer
22	Aleksei Losev	1893	Russian philosopher
23	Aleksei Guskov	1958	Soviet and Russian actor and producer
24	Aleksei Yeliseyev	1934	Soviet cosmonaut
25	Aleksei Gastev	1882	Russian trade unionist
26	Aleksei Kulbakov	1979	Belarusian football referee
27	Alexei Petrenko	1938	Soviet and Russian actor
28	Aleksei Alekseivich German	1976	Russian film director
29	Aleksei Kangaskolkka	1988	Footballer
30	Aleksei Gan	1893	Russian designer and artist
31	Aleksei Arbuzov	1908	Soviet playwright
32	Aleksei Rebko	1986	Russian footballer
33	Aleksei Stepanov	1977	Russian footballer
34	Aleksei Pogorelov	1919	Russian mathematician
35	Aleksei Andreyevich Volkov	1859	Servant at court of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra; escaped from death squad and survived to write his memoirs and live in Germany.
36	Aleksei Zozulin	1983	Russian basketball player
37	Aleksei Makarovich Smirnov	1920	Soviet actor
38	Aleksei Chichibabin	1871	Russian chemist
39	Aleksei Fomkin	1969	Russian actor
40	Aleksei Musin-Pushkin	1744	Russian historian
41	Aleksei Mamykin	1936	Russian footballer
42	Aleksei Petrushin	1952	Russian footballer
43	Aleksei Shein	1662	Russian noble
44	Alexey Badayev	1883	Soviet politician
45	Aleksei Tatayev	1998
46	Aleksei Berezin	1993	Russian footballer
47	Aleksei Nikitin	1992	Footballer
48	Aleksei Grishin	1979	Belarusian freestyle skier
49	Aleksei Pomerko	1990	Russian footballer
50	Aleksei Fedorovich Filippov	1923	Russian mathematician
51	Aleksei Paramonov	1925	Association footballer
52	Aleksei Maslennikov	1929	Russian opera singer
53	Aleksei Gerasimenko	1970	Russian footballer
54	Aleksei Bakharev	1976	Footballer
55	Aleksei Bugayev	1981	Football player
56	Aleksei Aleksandrovich Bobrinsky	1852	Russian politician
57	Aleksei Kontsedalov	1990	Russian footballer
58	Aleksei Prudnikov	1960	Footballer
59	Aleksei Maklakov	1961	Russian actor
60	Aleksei Kozhevnikov	1836	Russian neurologist and psychiatrist
61	Aleksei Zharkov	1948	Soviet and Russian actor
62	Aleksei Kostylev	1914	Soviet association football player (1914-1989)
63	Aleksei Andreyevich Alekseyev	1988	Russian footballer
64	Aleksei		Russian archpriest who converted to Judaism
65	Aleksei Budõlin	1976	Judoka
66	Aleksei Kurzenyov	1995	Footballer
67	Aleksei Gritsai	1914	Russian artist
68	Aleksei Popov	1978	Kazakhstani footballer
69	Aleksei Sapogov	1988	Russian footballer
70	Aleksei Turovski	1946	Estonian zoologist
71	Aleksei Medvedev	1977	Russian footballer
72	Aleksei Lotman	1960	Estonian biologist, environmentalist and politician
73	Aleksei Pugin	1987	Russian footballer
74	Aleksei Solosin	1987	Russian footballer
75	Aleksei Igonin	1976	Russian footballer
76	Aleksei Barkalov	1946	Olympic water polo player
77	Aleksei Aravin	1986	Russian professional footballer
78	Aleksey Kozlov	1935	Russian saxophonist and jazz musician
79	Aleksei Tammiste	1946	Estonian basketball player
80	Aleksei Eskov	1978	Russian football referee
81	Aleksei Demida	1997
82	Aleksei Poddubskiy	1972	Russian footballer
83	Aleksei Yushkov	1967	Former Russian professional footballer
84	Aleksei Gladyshev	1992	Footballer
85	Aleksei Skornyakov	1993	Russian footballer
86	Aleksei Isayev	1995
87	Aleksei Ivanovich Ivanov	1878	Russian linguist
88	Aleksei Alemanov	1977	Russian footballer
89	Aleksei Loktev	1939	Russian actor
90	Aleksei Abdulkhalikov	1975	Russian footballer
91	Aleksei Sutormin	1994	Russian footballer
92	Aleksei Bibik	1878	Russian writer
93	Aleksei Argun	1937
94	Aleksei Mihailovich Isaev	1908	Russian engineer
95	Aleksei Bazanov	1986	Russian footballer
96	Aleksei Ilyich Kravchenko	1889	Russian painter, illustrator, draughtsman and printmaker
97	Aleksei Kostenko	1984	Russian footballer
98	Aleksei Nikolaev	1971	Russian football referee
99	Aleksey Alekseyev	1989	Russian footballer
100	Aleksei Birilev	1844	Russian admiral
101	Aleksei Muldarov	1984	Georgian-Kazakhstani footballer
102	Aleksei Druzin	1987	Russian footballer
103	Aleksei Igorevich Kuznetsov	1996	Russian association football player
104	Aleksei Pustozerov	1988	Russian footballer
105	Aleksei Yeskov	1944	Soviet footballer
106	Aleksei Shumskikh	1990	Russian footballer
107	Aleksei Pushkarev	1986	Russian bobsledder
108	Aleksei Karasevich	1989	Russian footballer
109	Alexey Alexandrovich Glagolev	1901	Ukrianian Priest and Righteous Among the Nations
110	Aleksei Ignatiev	1842	Russian general-politician
111	Aleksei Vladimirovich Rybin	1988	Russian footballer
112	Aleksei Snigiryov	1968	Russian footballer
113	Aleksei Gritsayenko	1995
114	Aleksei Saks	1982	Figure skater
115	Aleksei Semyonovich Kiselyov	1879	Soviet politician
116	Aleksei Volkov	1980	Russian ice hockey goaltender
117	Aleksei Khrushchyov	1992	Footballer
118	Aleksei Zhitnikov	1984	Russian footballer
119	Aleksei Selezov	1971	Russian footballer
120	Aleksei Brikov	1978	Russian association football player
121	Aleksei Kozlov	1975	Russian footballer
122	Aleksei Zinovyevich Petrov	1910	Russian mathematician
123	Aleksei Berdnikov	1996
124	Aleksei Guschin	1971	Russian footballer
125	Aleksei Rogachyov	1979	Russian footballer
126	Aleksei Zhdanov	1982	Russian footballer
127	Aleksei Melyoshin	1976	Russian footballer
128	Aleksei Tkach	1992	Russian footballer
129	Aleksei Balandin	1898	Russian/Soviet chemist
130	Aleksei Dobrovolskiy	1982	Russian footballer
131	Aleksei Makushkin	1997
132	Aleksei Shlyapkin	1987	Russian footballer
133	Aleksei Putilov	1866	Russian banker and industrialist
134	Aleksei Sokolov	1787
135	Aleksei Belenkov	1957	Russian footballer
136	Aleksei Turik	1995
137	Aleksei Shirokov	1989	Russian footballer
138	Aleksei Yuryevich Kuznetsov	1984	Russian footballer
139	Alexei Kosolapov	1971	Russian footballer
140	Aleksei Kotlyarov	1989	Russian footballer
141	Aleksei Nikolayevich Leonov	1977	Russian footballer
142	Aleksei Gorodovoy	1993	Footballer
143	Aleksei Budko	1981	Russian footballer
144	Aleksei Komarov	1921	Soviet rower
145	Aleksei Vladimirovich Semyonov	1983	Russian footballer
146	Aleksei Yedunov	1986	Russian footballer
147	Aleksei Skvortsov	1992	Russian footballer
148	Aleksei Vanyushin	1982	Russian footballer
149	Aleksei Sergeyevich Perminov	1986	Russian footballer
150	Aleksei Zelensky	1971	Russian luger
151	Aleksei Krasnokutskiy	1986	Russian footballer
152	Aleksei Lazarev	1981	Russian footballer
153	Aleksei Mamonov	1993	Footballer
154	Aleksei Zuev	1981	Russian footballer
155	Aleksei Domshinskiy	1990	Russian footballer
156	Aleksei Kuvshinov	1992	Footballer
157	Aleksei Gerasimov	1973	Russian footballer
158	Aleksei Viktorovich Ilyin	1958	Russian footballer
159	Aleksei Kandalintsev	1976	Russian footballer
160	Aleksei Zarubin	1984	Russian footballer
161	Aleksei Osipov	1888
162	Aleksei Sidelnikov	1988	Russian footballer
163	Aleksei Zasukhin	1937	Boxer
164	Aleksei Alekseyevtsev	1989	Russian footballer
165	Aleksei Musatov	1980	Russian association football player
166	Aleksei Yeryomin	1982	Russian footballer
167	Aleksei Babenko	1972	Russian footballer
168	Aleksei Kulashko	1972	New Zealand chess FIDE Master
169	Aleksei Uversky	1891	Russian footballer
170	Aleksei Belkin	1981	Russian footballer
171	Aleksei Kalashnik	1983	Footballer
172	Aleksei Gorelov	1987	Russian footballer
173	Aleksei Bryzgalov	1994
174	Aleksei Panfilov	1993
175	Aleksei Foroponov	1987	Russian professional association footballer
176	Aleksei Panin	1979
177	Aleksei Alekseyevich Volkov	1890	Soviet politician
178	Aleksei Kayukov	1993
179	Aleksei Yepifanov	1983	Russian footballer
180	Aleksei Vasilyev	1987	Russian footballer
181	Aleksei Yushchuk	1987	Russian footballer
182	Aleksei Savchenko	1975	Russian footballer
183	Aleksei Bychkov	1972
184	Aleksei Revyakin	1982	Russian footballer
185	Aleksei Sergeyevich Smirnov	1993	Footballer
186	Aleksei Golovin	1981	Russian professional footballer
187	Aleksei Konstantinovich Zagulyaev	1924	Russian entomologist
188	Aleksei Kotishevskiy	1985	Russian basketball player
189	Aleksei Ryabokon	1993	Russian footballer
190	Aleksei Kutsenko	1972	Russian footballer
191	Aleksei Ivanushkin	1996
192	Aleksei Mitin	1973	Russian footballer
193	Aleksei Britovskiy	1987	Footballer
194	Aleksei Arkadyevich Popov	1990	Russian footballer
195	Aleksei Novoselski	1985	Lithuanian cross-country skier
196	Aleksei Churavtsev	1984	Russian footballer
197	Aleksei Martynov	1978	Russian professional footballer
198	Aleksei Relke
199	Aleksei Shaposhnikov	1899	Soviet footballer
200	Aleksei Sergeyevich Sergeyev	1979	Russian footballer