Alexey

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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Form of Alexis: defender of mankind, protector of mankind.

Alexei, Aleksy, Alexis, Aleksey, Alekseyevich, Alexius, Aleksei

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Alexey Leonov	1934	Soviet cosmonaut
2	Alexey Pajitnov	1956	Russian video game designer and computer engineer
3	Alexey Shved	1988	Russian basketball player
4	Alexey Vorobyov	1988	Russian singer and actor
5	Alexey Stakhanov	1906	Soviet Hero of Socialist Labour
6	Alexey Ignashov	1978	Belarusian martial artist
7	Alexey Voyevoda	1980	Bobsledder
8	Alexey Miller	1962	CEO of Gazprom
9	Alexey Smertin	1975	Russian footballer
10	Alexey Molchanov	1987	Russian champion freediver
11	Alexey Brodovitch	1898	Russian artist
12	Alexey Goloborodko	1994	Russian contortionist
13	AӀexey UӀyukaev	1956	Russian economist and politician
14	Alexey Maresyev	1916	Soviet aviator
15	Alexey Titarenko	1962	Photographer, Artist
16	Alexey Chervonenkis	1938	Russian mathematician
17	Alexey Shchusev	1873	Soviet architect
18	Alexey Kaledin	1861	Russian general
19	Alexey Dreev	1969	Chess player
20	Alexey Lushnikov	1966	Talk show host
21	Alexey Lutsenko	1992	Kazakhstani cyclist
22	Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin	1693	Russian general
23	Alexey Arhipovsky	1967	Balalaika player
24	Alexei Kudin	1984	Belarusian kickboxer and mixed martial artist
25	Alexey Dyumin	1972
26	Alexei Kuzmichov	1962	Russian businessman
27	Alexey Grigorevich Ivakhnenko	1913	Ukrainian mathematician
28	Alexey Tryoshnikov	1914	Russian explorer
29	Alexey Bogolyubov	1824	Russian artist
30	Alexey Cherkassky	1680	Russian politician
31	Alexey Postnikov	1939	Russian historian
32	Aleksei Yevseyev	1994	Russian footballer
33	Alexey Rybnikov	1945	Soviet and Russian composer
34	Alexey Kondrashov	1957	Russian scientist
35	Alexey Troitsky	1866	Russian chess player
36	Alexei Fedorychev	1955
37	Alexey Venetsianov	1780	Russian artist
38	Alexei Marchenko	1992	Russian ice hockey player
39	Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov	1786	Russian politician
40	Alexey Prokurorov	1964	Cross-country skier
41	Alexey Zhigalkovich	1996	Belarusian singer
42	Alexey Suetin	1926	Chess player
43	Alexey Barabash	1977	Russian actor
44	Alexey Dushkin	1903	Soviet architect
45	Alexey Ekimov	1945	Russian physicist
46	Alexey Poltoranin	1987	Kazakhstani cross-country skier
47	Alexey Gromov	1960	Russian politician
48	Alexey Verstovsky	1799	Russian composer
49	Alexey Olovnikov	1936	Russian biologist
50	Alexey Perelet	1914	Soviet test pilot
51	Alexey Vatutin	1992
52	Alexey Tsatevich	1989	Road racing cyclist
53	Alexey Vermeulen	1994	American cyclist
54	Alexey Novikov-Priboy	1877	Russian writer
55	Alexey Sudayev	1912	Soviet weapon designer
56	Alexey Stakhov	1939	Professor, mathematician, inventor, engineer
57	Alexey Tyranov	1808	Russian artist
58	Alexey Pichugin	1962	Russian murderer
59	Alexey Vyzmanavin	1960	Chess player
60	Alexey Volkov	1988	Russian biathlete
61	Alexey Okladnikov	1908	Soviet historian
62	Alexey Sokolsky	1908	Soviet chess player
63	Alexey Rubtsov	1988	Russian rock climber
64	Alexey Grigoryevich Dolgorukov		Russian politician
65	Alexey Lyapunov	1911	Russian mathematician
66	Alexey Buldakov	1951	Russian actor
67	Alexey Korolev	1987	Kazakhstani ski jumper
68	Alexey Volkonsky	1978	Canoe racing
69	Alexey Steele	1967	American painter
70	Alexey Zhukanenko	1986	Russian basketball player
71	Alexey Negodaylo	1989	Russian bobsledder
72	Alexey Ekimyan	1927	Soviet composer
73	Alexey Dmitriev	1985	German ice hockey player
74	Alexey Spirin	1952	Russian football referee
75	Alexey Gordeyev	1955	Russian politician
76	Alexey Selezniev	1888	Soviet chess player
77	Alexey Dymovsky	1977	Russian police officer
78	Alexey Surkov	1899	Soviet poet and critic
79	Alexey Korovashkov	1992	Russian canoer
80	Alexey Smirnov	1977	Russian table tennis player
81	Aleksey Ostrovskiy	1976	Russian politician
82	Alexey Zubov	1682	Russian etcher
83	Alexey Stadler	1991	Russian musician
84	Alexey Sorokin	1983	Russian fashion designer
85	Alexey Korneyev	1939	Russian footballer
86	Alexei Sorokin	1922	Soviet admiral
87	Alexey Kavokin	1970	Physics professor
88	Alexey Kravtsov	1978	Russian jurist
89	Alexey Sobolev	1991	Russian snowboarder
90	Alexey Favorsky	1850	Russian chemist
91	Alexey Gribov	1902	Soviet actor
92	Alexey Ashapatov	1973	Paralympic athlete of Russia
93	Alexey Schastny	1881	Soviet naval commander
94	Alexey Peshekhonov	1867	Russian economist
95	Alexey Naumets	1968
96	Alexey Pivovarov	1974	Russian journalist and TV presenter
97	Aleksej Gennadʹevič Nilov	1964	Russian actor
98	Alexey Root	1965	Chess player
99	Alexey Podberezkin	1953	Russian politician
100	Alexei Kozlov	1934
101	Alexei Nikolaevich Parshin	1942	Russian mathematician
102	Alexey Andreevich Anselm	1934	Russian theoretical physicist
103	Alexey Bystrow	1899	Russian scientist
104	Alexey Kedryuk	1980	Kazakhstani tennis player
105	Alexey Gavrilov	1983	Actor
106	Alexey Kudrya	1982	Russian musician
107	Alexey Diakonoff	1907	Russian-Dutch entomologist (1907–1989)
108	Alexey Gaskarov	1985
109	Alexey Sivokon	1973	Kazakhstanian powerlifting competitor
110	Alexey Bugaev	1997	Paralympian
111	Alexey Olenin	1763	Archeologist, president of the Imperial Academy of Arts
112	Alexey Vishnitsky	1981	Russian weightlifter
113	Alexey Kylasov	1968	Ethnosport theory author
114	Alexey Tarasovich Markov	1802	Russian painter
115	Alexey Skvortsov	1920	Russian botanist
116	Aleksey Tsydenov	1976
117	Alexey Tselousov	1975	Curler
118	Alexey Dergunov	1984	Kazakstani canoeist
119	Alexey A. Petrov		American physicist
120	Alexey Limanzo		Russian activist
121	Alexey Barinov	1951	Russian politician
122	Alexey Eisner	1905	Russian writer
123	Alexei Khotin	1974	Russian businessman
124	Alexey Khovrin	1973	Swimmer
125	Alexey Shaydulin	1979	Russian boxer
126	Alexey Shmider	1990	Olympic water polo player
127	Alexey Vladimir Bobrov	1969	Botanist
128	Alexey Stukalskiy	1988	Russian curler
129	Alexey Gogua	1932	Abkhaz writer
130	Alexey Nikolayevich Krutikov	1895	Soviet general
131	Alexey Tsereteli	1864	Russian opera entrepreneur, Georgian prince
132	Alexey Kurbatov	1994	Russian bicycle racer
133	Alexey Bugaychuk	1989	Waterpolo player
134	Aleksei Mikhailovich Abaza	1853	Russian admiral
135	Aleksej Grigorevič Rodin	1902
136	Alexey Kolessov	1984	Road bicycle racer
137	Alexey Sidorenko	1983	Kazakhstani beach volleyball player
138	Alexey Ustaev	1960	Banker
139	Alexey Sergeyevich Yermolov	1847	Russian politician
140	Alexey Slapovsky	1957	Russian novelist
141	Alexey Pleshakov	1954	Russian politician
142	Alexey Naumov	1978	Motorcycle racer
143	Aleksey Borozdin	1937	Russian musician
144	Alexey Shebanov	1993	Russian footballer
145	Alexey Fomenkov	1991	Russian Paralympic swimmer
146	Alexey Alexandrovich Semyonov	1949	Russian footballer
147	Alexey Obukhov	1937	Soviet diplomat
148	Alexey Merinov	1959
149	Alexey Retinsky	1986	Ukrainian composer
150	Alexey Belan	1987
151	Alexey Filonov	1961	Swimmer
152	Alexey Vladimirovich Kovalkov	1962
153	Alexey Nemkov	1919
154	Alexey Fadeyev	1977	Russian Nordic combined skier
155	Alexey Korotylev	1977	Chess player
156	Alexey Romashov	1992	Russian ski jumper
157	Alexey Makovetskiy	1983	Rugby player
158	Alexey Kharuzin	1864	Russian politician
159	Alexey Labzin	1978	Russian paralympic sprinter
160	Alexey Galakhov	1807	Russian critic, literary historian
161	Alexey Kuleshov	1987	Kazakhstani beach volleyball player
162	Alexey Nagayev	1704	Russian admiral
163	Alexey Shpeyer	1854	Russian diplomat
164	Alexey Chesnakov	1970	Russian political scientist
165	Alexey Kireev	1985	Russian bobsledder
166	Aleksey Glyzin	1954	Soviet and Russian pop singer and actor
167	Alexey Kryukov	1914
168	Alexey Chernyshov	1963	Russian politician
169	Alexey Pchelintsev	1991	Kazakhstani ski jumper
170	A. I. Shishkin
171	Aleksei Bakunin	1970	Russian footballer
172	Alexey Kovrigin	1981	Olympic swimmer
173	Alexey Popov	1974	Russian journalist
174	Alexey Vodyagin	1925	Soviet footballer and manager
175	Alexey Severtsev	1961
176	Alexey Zinovyev	1990	Olympic swimmer
177	Alexey Tereshkov	1893
178	Alexey Cheskidov	1977
179	Alexey Yegorov	1975	Kazakhstani swimmer
180	Alexey Zaitzow	1896	Norwegian film director
181	Alexey Andryunin	1976	Bobsledder
182	Alexey Polosin	1924
183	Alexey Filipets	1978	Olympic swimmer
184	Alexey Savik
185	Alexey Amosov	1981	Russian ice hockey player
186	Alexey Lysenkov	1965	Soviet actor
187	Aleksey Stakhovich	1856	Russian major-general and actor
188	Alexey Timofeev	1991	Russian curler
189	Alexey Chesmin	1986	Russian Paralympic athlete and footballer
190	Alexey Yakimov	1989	Russian footballer
191	Alexei Dmitriyevich Saltykov	1806	Russian diplomat
192	Alexey Nemtsev	1982	Kazakhstani ski orienteer
193	Alexei Cheremisin	1980	Russian volleyball player
194	Alexey Chernyshyov	1939	Soviet politicians
195	Alexey Panfili	1974	Olympic water polo player
196	Alexey Nikolayevich Titov	1769	Russian musician
197	Alexei Ljalko	1985	Kazakhstani bicycle racer
198	Alexey Kuznetsov	1981
199	Aleksei Shmidt	1983	Russian bicycle racer
200	Alexey Ivanov	1983	Russian professional football player