Alexei

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, Lexie, Alessia

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Alexei Nikolaevich	1904	Heir apparent of the Russian Empire
2	Alexey Navalny	1976	Russian anti-corruption activist
3	Alexei Rykov	1881	Premier of Russia and the Soviet Union
4	Alexei Sayle	1952	Comedian
5	Alexei Kosygin	1904	Soviet politician
6	Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia	1690	Russian Tsarevich
7	Alexei Yashin	1973	Russian ice hockey player
8	Alexei Nemov	1976	Gymnast
9	Alexei Ramírez	1981	Baseball player
10	Alexei Abrikosov	1928	Soviet, Russian and American theoretical physicist
11	Alexei Cherepanov	1989	Russian ice hockey player
12	Alexei Yagudin	1980	Russian figure skater
13	Alexei Trupp	1856	Russian saint
14	Alexei Filippenko	1958	American astronomer
15	Alexei Eremenko	1983	Footballer
16	Alexei Emelin	1986	Russian ice hockey defenceman
17	Alexei Mordashov	1965	Russian businessman
18	Alexei Kudrin	1960	Russian politician
19	Alexei Shirov	1972	Chess player
20	Alexei Kasatonov	1959	Ice hockey player
21	Alexei Shulgin	1963	Artist and musician in Russia
22	Alexei Volkoff	1959
23	Alexei Ponikarovsky	1980	Ukrainian ice hockey player
24	Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov	1737	Russian general
25	Aleksei Lesukov	1988
26	Alexei Urmanov	1973	Russian figure skater
27	Alexei Tupolev	1925	Soviet aerospace engineer
28	Alexei Kitaev	1963	Russian-American physicist
29	Alexei Mishin	1941	Figure skater
30	Alexei Ratmansky	1968	Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
31	Alexei Zhamnov	1970	Russian ice hockey player
32	Alexei Savrasov	1830	Russian artist
33	Alexei Sultanov	1969	Uzbekistani musician
34	Alexei Zhitnik	1972	Ukrainian & Russian ice hockey player
35	Aleksei Vinogradov	1899	Soviet military officer
36	Aleksey Morozov	1977	Ice hockey player
37	Alexei Starobinski	1948	Russian astrophysicist
38	Alexey Razumovsky	1709	Ukrainian noble
39	Alexei Jurjewitsch Pechow	1978	Russian author
40	Alexei Perry		Canadian musician
41	Alexei Panshin	1940	American writer and critic
42	Alexei Rodriguez		American musician
43	Alexei Berest	1921	Raised the Victory Banner in Berlin
44	Alexei Khvostov	1872	Russian statesman and politician
45	Alexei Lezin	1973	Boxer
46	Alexei Venediktov	1955	Russian radio presenter
47	Alexei Borodin	1975	Russian mathematician
48	Alexei Gusarov	1964	Russian ice hockey player
49	Alexei Semenov	1981	Russian ice hockey player
50	Alyaksey Ryas	1987	Footballer
51	Alexei Krasnozhon	2000
52	Alexei Stukov		Character in StarCraft
53	Alexei Rogonov	1988	Russian pair skater
54	Alexei Evert	1857	Russian general
55	Alexei Ulanov	1947	Russian pair skater
56	Alexei Popyrin	1999	Australian tennis player
57	Alexei Stanchinsky	1888	Russian composer
58	Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov	1875	Soviet pathologist
59	Alexei Lvov	1798	Russian composer
60	Alexei Polivanov	1855	Russian military figure
61	Alexei Lubimov	1944	Russian musician
62	Alexei Tikhonov	1971	Russian pair skater
63	Alexei Kervezee	1989	Dutch cricketer
64	Aleksey Volodin	1977	Russian pianist
65	Alexei Papin	1987	Russian kickboxer
66	Alexei Makarov	1972	Russian actor
67	Alexei Uchitel	1951	Russian film director
68	Alexei Mateevici	1888	Romanian writer
69	Alexei Yuryevich Smirnov	1951	Russian physicist
70	Alexei Antonovich of Brunswick	1746	Third son of Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick and Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia
71	Alexei Kirichenko	1908	Soviet politician
72	Aleksey Gromyko	1969
73	Alexei Zamolodchikov	1952	Russian physicist
74	Alexei Osipov	1938	Russian theologian
75	Aleksey Yablokov	1933	Russian politician, biologist and children's writer
76	Alexei Bondarenko	1978	Gymnast
77	Alexei Tereshchenko	1980	Russian ice hockey player
78	Alexei Khomich	1920	Russian footballer
79	Alexei Kalyuzhny	1977	Belarusian ice hockey player
80	Alexei Borovoi	1875	Russian anarchist
81	Alexei Eriomin	1919	Russian artist
82	Alexei Krutov	1984	Russian ice hockey player
83	Alexei de Keyser	1967	British television producer
84	Alexei Bereglazov	1994	Russian ice hockey player
85	Alexei Koșelev	1993	Footballer
86	Alexei Mikhnov	1982	Russian ice hockey player
87	Aleksey Stepanov	1858	Russian painter (1858-1923)
88	Alexei Pakhomov	1900	Russian painter
89	Alexei Kostrikin	1929	Russian mathematician
90	Alexei Markov	1979	Racing cyclist
91	Alexei Khvostenko	1940	Russian musician and poet
92	Alexei Korzukhin	1835	Russian artist
93	Alexei Kaigorodov	1983	Russian ice hockey player
94	Alexei Alekhine	1888	Russian chess player
95	Alexei Kondratiev	1949	American folklorist
96	Alexei Collado	1988	Cuban boxer
97	Alexei Arbatov	1951	Russian politician
98	Alexei Klimov	1975	Russian sport shooter
99	Alexei Popogrebski	1972	Russian film director and screenwriter
100	Alexei Murygin	1986	Russian professional ice hockey player
101	Alexei Severinsky		American inventor
102	Alexei Fridman	1940	Physicist, astrophysicist
103	Aleksey Borisov	1960	Russian musician
104	Alexei Haieff	1914	American composer
105	Alexei Sitnikov	1986	Russian and Azerbaijani ice dancer
106	Alexei Smirnov	1982	Russian ice hockey player
107	Alexei Mozhaev	1918	Russian artist
108	Alexei Fedorov	1972	Chess player
109	Alexei Petukhov	1983	Cross-country skier
110	Alexei Sintsov	1995	Russian pair skater
111	Alexei Kudashov	1971	Russian ice hockey player
112	Alexei Sklyarenko	1870	Russian revolutionary
113	Alexei Beletski	1979	Israeli ice dancer
114	Alexei Bueno	1963	Brazilian writer and poet
115	Aleksey Ivanov	1969	Russian writer
116	Alexei Aidarov	1974	Biathlete
117	Alexei Barsov	1966	Chess player
118	Alexei Maximov	1952	Soviet-born enamellist, portrait painter of European royals, and oil painter
119	Aleksey Vasilyev	1939	Scholar
120	Alexei Chizhov	1964	Russian draughts player
121	Alexei Maxim Russell	1976	Canadian writer
122	Alexey Konstantinovich Lebedev	1924	Russian composer and music educator
123	Alexei Gorokhov	1927	Soviet musician
124	Alexei Skorobogatov	1961	Russian mathematician
125	Alexei Tsvetkov	1981	Russian ice Hockey player
126	Alexei Tammet-Romanov		Pretender to the Russian throne
127	Alexei Yepishev	1908	Soviet general and politician
128	Alexei Troschinsky	1973	Kazakhstani ice hockey player
129	Alexei Soloviev	1964	Figure skater
130	Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko	1844	Russian naturalist and traveler
131	Alexei Rezepkin	1949	Russian archaeologist
132	Alexei Radzievsky	1911
133	Alexei Gorshkov	1967	Russian ice dancing coach
134	Aleksey Dmitrievich Basov	1929
135	Alexei Davidov	1867	Russian musician and businessman
136	Alexei Puninski	1985	Olympic swimmer
137	Alexei Vasilevsky	1993	Russian ice hockey player
138	Alexei Ugarov	1985	Belarusian ice hockey player
139	Alexei Sancov	1999
140	Alexei Senyavin	1722	Russian admiral
141	Alexei Sokolov	1979	Russian pair skater
142	Alexei Alexeyevich Ukhtomsky	1875	Russian scientist
143	Alexei Prawdzic	1987	Swiss volleyball and beach volleyball player
144	Alexei Burdeinei	1908	Soviet general
145	Alexei Blinov	1964	Russian artist
146	Alexei Litvinenko	1980	Kazakhstani ice hockey player
147	Alexei Dostoinow	1989	American ice hockey player
148	Alexei Bezgodov	1969	Russian chess grandmaster and writer
149	Alexei Zuásnabar	1985	Cuban footballer
150	Alexei I. Miller	1959	Russian historian
151	Alexei Grishin	1988	Russian ice hockey defenceman
152	Alexei Anisimov	1984	Russian ice hockey goaltender
153	Alexei Simakov	1979	Russian ice hockey player
154	Alexei Torchinski		Figure skater
155	Alexei Komech	1936	Russian architectural historian
156	Alexei Harlamov	1840	Russian artist
157	Alexei Kopeikin	1983	Russian ice hockey player
158	Alexei Almoukov	1990	Australian biathlete
159	Alexei Komarov	1978	Russian ice hockey player
160	Alexei Badyukov	1978	Russian ice hockey player
161	Nicolae Alexei	1948	Moldovan general and politician
162	Alexei Yakhin	1984	Russian ice hockey player
163	Alexei Parshchikov	1954	Russian writer
164	Alexei Vasiliev	1977	Russian ice hockey defenceman
165	Alexei Romanenko		Russian cellist
166	Alexei Sopin	1987	Russian ice hockey player
167	Alexei Tezikov	1978	Russian ice hockey player
168	Alexei Seliverstov	1976	Bobsledder
169	Aleksey Adzhubey	1924	Russian author
170	Alexei Vasilevski	1980	Figure skater
171	Alexei Pawlowitsch Schipenko	1961	Russian actor, screenwriter and writer
172	Alexei Kondaurov	1949	Former KGB general
173	Alexei Andrejewitsch Bondarew	1983	Russian ice hockey player
174	Alexei Savinov	1979	Footballer
175	Alexei Barbăneagră	1945	Moldovan politician
176	Alexei Arapov	1906
177	Alexei Roibu	1954	Moldovan politician
178	Alexei Vranich	1968
179	Alexei Vasilchenko	1981	Kazakhstani ice hockey defenceman
180	Alexei Avtonomov	1959	Russian legal academic
181	Alexei Pavlov	1974	Olympic swimmer
182	Alexei Kornienko	1954	Austrian conductor
183	Alexei Makeyev	1991	Russian ice hockey player
184	Alexei Casian	1987	Footballer
185	Alexeï Grigorievitch Chtcherbatov	1776	Russian imperial general
186	Alexei Dudchenko	1984	Russian gymnast
187	Alexei Ivanovich Belsky	1726	Russian painter
188	Aleksei Vasilievich Shubnikov	1887	Russian cristallographist
189	Alexei Kovalev	1973
190	Alexei Gennadjewitsch Aigi	1971	Russian musicien. composer and violonist
191	Alexei Kruchinin	1991	Russian ice hockey player
192	Alexei Strolman	1811	Russian engineer
193	Alexei Kozlov	1974	Russian businessman
194	Alexei Negmatov	1986	Footballer
195	Alexei Glukhov	1984	Russian ice hockey player
196	Alexei Menshikov	1984	Russian pair skater
197	Alexei Antsiferov	1991	Russian ice hockey player
198	Aleksei Simonov	1939	Russian film director and human rights activist
199	Alexei Scala	1965	Soviet association football player
200	Alexei Ivanovich Avtonomov	1890	Russian military commander