Alexis

A male or female given name: from a Greek word meaning “helper.”.

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Alexis is a given name derived from the Greek word ἀλέξω or aléxo, meaning "to help, defend." It was the name of several saints venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, including Saint Alexis of Rome, and of a Russian tsar, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia. It was used as a name for several other members of the ruling house of Russia, including Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia.
The name was traditionally male, though it has been in use as a girls' name in the United States since at least the 1940s, when actress Alexis Smith (born Gladys Smith) began appearing in films, and has been among the top 50 most popular names for girls in the United States since 1990. In the 2008 book 5-Star Baby Name Advisor, author Bruce Lansky writes that the girls' name has the image of a "sexy and seductive knockout." The increase in popularity of the name is sometimes attributed to the 1981 debut of the character Alexis Colby on the American television series Dynasty. A 1978 movie, Ice Castles, featured as the main character a blind figure skater named Alexis "Lexie" Winston.
Aleksi, a Finnish variant, was the third most popular name for boys born in Finland in 2007. Alessia, an Italian feminine variant, was the second most common name for girls born in Italy in 2006. Alesia, a feminine variant, and Aleksio, a masculine variant, are currently popular names for boys and girls in Albania.
Alexis can refer to:
Several ancient writers:
Alexis (poet) (c.375 BC – c.275 BC), a Greek comic poet
Alexis, a writer mentioned by Athenaeus as the author of a treatise Peri Autarkeias (περὶ Αὐταρκείας)
Alexis, a Samian, the author of a historical work called the Samian Annals (Σάμιοι Ὡροι), which Athenaeus quotes
Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC
Alexis, character in Virgil's Eclogue II, beloved of Corydon (character)
Alexis, in Greek mythology, a young man of Ephesus, beloved of Meliboea
Alexis Romanov, various members of the Romanov family
Alexis (singer), a German pop singer
Alexis (comics), a French comics artist
ALEXIS, acronym for the Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors spacecraft
Alexis, a malting barley variety

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Masc. proper name, from Greek alexis, from alexein "to ward off, keep, protect" (see Alexander). The Latin form was Alexius.

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From Greek name Alexis, derived from Greek (alexo) to defend, to help; defender of mankind, protector of mankind.

Alexander, Aliaksei, Alexej, Alexa, Aleksy, Alexios, Lexi, Alexus, Aleksis, Alexey, Alejandro, Elias, Alexandra, Lex, Alex, Alessia, Aleksej, Elisa, Alexius, Alejandra

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Alexis Bledel	1981	American actress
2	Alexis Arquette	1969	American actress, cabaret performer and activist
3	Alexis Ohanian	1983	American businessman; co-founder of Reddit
4	Alexis Texas	1985	American pornographic actress
5	Alexis Knapp	1989	American actress
6	Alexis Denisof	1966	Actor
7	Alexis Tsipras	1974	Greek politician
8	Alexis DeJoria	1977
9	Alexis de Tocqueville	1805	French political thinker and historian
10	Alexis Neiers	1991	Model, reality TV personality, actress
11	Alexis Dziena	1984	American actress
12	Alexis Stewart	1965	American talk radio host
13	Alexis Conran	1972	British actor, writer and musician
14	Alexis of Russia	1629	Tsar of Russia
15	Alexis Fields	1982	Actor; Diavian Johnson on Sister, Sister
16	Alexis Flores	1975	Honduran murderer
17	Alexis Argüello	1952	Nicaraguan boxer
18	Alexis Victor	1974	French actor
19	Raven Alexis	1987	American pornographic actress
20	Alexis Tipton	1989	American actress
21	Alexis Jordan	1992	American singer and actress
22	Alexis Amore	1978	American/Peruvian pornographic actress
23	Alexis Michalik	1982	French actor
24	Alexis Carrel	1873	French surgeon and biologist
25	Alexis Korner	1928	British blues musician and radio broadcaster
26	Alexis Ajinça	1988	French basketball player
27	Alexis Cruz	1974	American actor
28	Alexis Mateo	1979	Draq Queen
29	Kim Alexis	1960	American model and actress
30	Alexis Colby
31	Alexis Georgoulis	1974	Greek actor
32	Alexis Davis
33	Alexis Kohler	1972
34	Alexis Meade		Fictional human
35	Alexis St. Martin	1794	Canadian settler
36	Alexis Taylor		British musician
37	Alexis Ayala	1965	Mexican actor
38	Alexis Ford	1988	American pornographic actress
39	Alexis Krauss	1985	American singer
40	Alexis Cohen	1983	American singer
41	Alexis Vastine	1986	French boxer
42	Alexis Herman	1947	American politician
43	Alexis Green
44	Alexis Thorpe	1980	American actress
45	Alexis Glick	1972	American journalist
46	Alexis Bachelay	1973	French politician
47	Alexis Brézet	1962	French journalist
48	Alexis Jay	1949	British social work leader
49	Alexis Clairaut	1713	French mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, and intellectual
50	Alexis Fawx		American pornographic actress
51	Alexis Wineman	1994	Beauty pageant winner
52	Alexis Petridis	1971	English journalist
53	Alexis von Rosenberg, Baron de Redé	1922	French banker and socialite
54	Alexis Pinturault	1991	French alpine skier
55	Alexis Jacques André Grüss	1944	French artist and circus performer
56	Alexis Desseaux	1961	French actor
57	Alexis Wright	1950	Indigenous Australian writer
58	Alexis Benoît Soyer	1810	French chef
59	Alexis Kara	2000	German actor, stage actor and film actor
60	Alexis Weissenberg	1929	Bulgarian musician
61	André Alexis	1957	Writer
62	Alexis Fire	1964	American pornographic actress
63	Alexis Zapata	1995	Colombian footballer
64	Ariel Alexis	1984
65	Alexis Dubus	1979	British actor and comedian
66	Alexis Bittar	1968	American costume jewelry designer
67	Alexis Grüss	1909	French artist and circus performer
68	Alexis Kanner	1942	Actor, Director
69	Alexis Skye	1974	American fashion model
70	Alexis Vuillermoz	1988	Road bicycle racer
71	Alexis Aubenque	1970	French writer
72	Alexis Vila	1971	Olympic wrestler and mixed martial artist
73	David Alexis		French singer
74	Alexis Rodríguez	1978	Olympic wrestler
75	Alexis Blin	1996	Footballer
76	Alexis Valdés	1963	Cuban actor
77	Alexis Hornbuckle	1985	American basketball player, coach
78	Isabelle Alexis	1972	French actress
79	Alexis Lichine	1913	Russian wine writer and entrepreneur
80	Alexis Castle	1993
81	Alexis Madrigal		American journalist
82	Alexis Godillot	1816	French manufacturer
83	Alexis Rockman	1962	American contemporary artist
84	Alexis Ravelo	1971	Writer
85	Alexis Sweet	1963
86	Alexis Rolín	1989	Uruguayan footballer
87	Alexis Minotis	1899	Greek actor and director
88	Alexis Bachelot	1796	Roman Catholic priest
89	Alexis Norambuena	1984	Chilean footballer
90	Alexis Mabille	1977	French fashion designer
91	Pierre Nord Alexis	1820	President of Haiti
92	Alexis Christoforous	1971	American journalist
93	Alexis Kouros	1961	Iranian-Finnish writer and filmmaker
94	Alexis Toth	1854	Greek Catholic priest, later Russian Orthodox priest and protopresbyter; Eastern Orthodox saint
95	Alexis Kagame	1912	African philosopher
96	Alexis Ramírez	1975	Venezuelan politician
97	Alexis Bouvard	1767	French astronomer
98	Alexis Hénon		French actor
99	Wendell Alexis	1964	American basketball player
100	Alexis Carra	1990	French footballer
101	Alexis Mendiola	1990	Mexican footballer
102	Alexis Mendoza	1961	Colombian footballer
103	Alexis Wangmene	1989	Cameroonian basketball player
104	Alexis Hinestroza	1988
105	Alexis Love	1988	American pornographic actress and adult model
106	Michel Lamarche	1947	Canadian professional wrestler
107	Nicola Alexis		British actress
108	Alexis Cole	1976	Jazz musician
109	Alexis Kougias	1951	Lawyer and football club president
110	Alexis Brimeyer	1946	Romanov imposter
111	Alexis García	1960	Footballer
112	Alexis Viera	1978	Uruguayan footballer
113	Alexis Spight	1993	Musician
114	Alexis Canelo	1992
115	Alexis Masbou	1986	French motorcycle racer
116	Alexis Zárate	1994	Argentinian association football player
117	Toya Alexis	1980	Canadian reality TV participant
118	Alexis Monroe	1990	American pornographic actress
119	Alexis Puig	1973	Argentinian journalist
120	Alexis Serna	1985	Player of American and Canadian football
121	Alexis Henríquez	1983	Colombian footballer
122	Alexis Palisson	1987	French rugby union player
123	Alexis de Villeneuve	1906	French politician
124	Alexis Nicolas	1983	Professional footballer
125	Alexis S.F. Marshall		American singer
126	Alexis Simon Belle	1674	French painter
127	Alexis Kennedy	1972
128	Alexis Philonenko	1932	French historian
129	Alexis Roenne	1903
130	Alexis Gauthier	1973	French chef
131	Alexis Railsback	1995	American model
132	Alexis Rivera Curet	1982	Puerto Rican footballer
133	Alexis Belonio	1960	Filipino academic
134	Alexis Araujo	1996
135	Alexis Scholl	1996
136	Ernesto Vega	1997	Mexican professional footballer
137	Alexis Littré	1658	French physician and anatomist
138	Alexis Piron	1689	French poet
139	Alexis Zegerman	1977	British actress
140	Alexis de Sakhnoffsky	1901	American sutomonile designer
141	Alexis Gougeard	1993	French cyclist
142	Jacques-Édouard Alexis	1947	Haitian politician
143	Alexis Alexandris	1968	Greek footballer
144	Alexis Lacroix	1974	French journalist
145	Alexis Busin	1995	French Footballer
146	Alexis FitzGerald, Jnr	1945	Irish politician
147	Alexis Jones
148	Alexis Sánchez	1971	Cuban/Spanish hurdler
149	Alexis Troy	1982
150	Alexis Ren	1996
151	Alexis Ferrante	1995
152	Jacques Stephen Alexis	1922	Haitian communist writer, neurologist and neuropsychiatrist
153	Alexis Falconieri	1200	One of the founders of the Servite Order
154	Alexis I. du Pont Bayard	1918	Delaware politician
155	Alexis Papahelas	1961	Greek investigative journalist
156	Alexis Roland-Manuel	1891	French composer
157	Alexis Loret	1975	French actor
158	Alexis Frederic Marí Malonda	1972	Spanish politician
159	Alexis Preller	1911	South African artist
160	Paul Alexis	1847	Novelist, dramatist and journalist
161	Aléxis Thébaux	1985	Footballer
162	Alexis Galpérine	1955	French violinist
163	Alexis L'Hotte	1825	French soldier and officer
164	Alexis Sinduhije	1967	Burundian journalist
165	Alexis Christian	1966	American pornographic actress
166	Alexis Hunter	1948	New Zealand artist
167	Alexis Macquart	1977	French actor
168	Alexis Duprey		American model
169	Alexis Pappas	1915	Norwegian chemist
170	Alexis Ryan	1994	American racing cyclist
171	Alexis Nolent	1967	Writer
172	Alexis Márquez Rodríguez	1931	Venezuelan writer
173	Alexis Martin Arias	1992
174	Alexis Smith	1949	American artist
175	Alexis Sanderson	1948	British Indologist
176	Alexis de Chateauneuf	1799	German architect and urban planner
177	Alexis Peterman		British actress
178	Alexis Lapointe	1860	Canadian distance runner
179	Alexis Trujillo	1965	Spanish footballer
180	Alexis Kirke		British composer
181	Alexis Marcou	1984
182	Alexis Alexoudis	1972	Greek footballer
183	Alexis Nihon	1902	Canadian businessman
184	Alexis Enam	1986	Cameroonian footballer
185	Alexis P. Suter	1963
186	Willibald Alexis	1798	German historical novelist
187	Alexis Wajsbrot		French film director
188	Alexis Ponnet	1939	Football referee
189	Alexis Thompson	1911	American football owner of the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers
190	Alexis Gray-Lawson	1987	American basketball player
191	Alexis Lemaire	1980	Mental calculator
192	Alexis HK	1974	French singer songwriter
193	Alexis Galanos	1940	Cypriot politician
194	Alexis Ruano Delgado	1985	Spanish footballer
195	Alexis Rufus	1979	English kickboxer
196	Alexis Kirk	1936	American fashion designer
197	Alexis Copello	1985	Cuban athletics competitor
198	Alexis Messidoro	1997
199	Alexis Niz	1988	Argentinian association football player
200	Alexis Thérèse Petit	1791	French physicist